Ottawa, Kansas
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Ottawa is a city in and the county seat of Franklin County, Kansas, United States. It is located on both banks of the Marais des Cygnes River near the center of Franklin County. As of the 2020 census,
Ottawa Historic District (2018)
Main Street, circa 1865–1900
Old Depot Museum built in 1888 (photo from 2008)
Franklin County Courthouse (2009)
Ottawa University
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Ottawa University is a private university with its main campus in Ottawa, Kansas, United States. It also has a second residential campus in Surprise, Arizona, and adult campuses in the Kansas City and
Ottawa, Kansas
…banks of the Marais des Cygnes River near the center of Franklin County. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 12,625. It is the home of Ottawa University. The name derives from the Ottawa tribe of Native Americans, on whose reservation the city was laid out. In the spring of 1864, title to the land was…
Aerial view of the Ottawa campus
Tauy Jones Hall (1869) is Ottawa's oldest building