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EMPORIA
, a See also:city and the See also:county-seat of See also:Lyon county, See also:Kansas, U.S.A., on the Neosho See also:river, about 6o m
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S.W. of See also:Topeka
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Pop
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(1890) 7551; (1900) 8223, of whom 686 were See also:foreign-See also:born and 663 were negroes; (1910' U.S. See also:census) 9058
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It is served by the See also:Atchison, Topeka & See also:Santa Fe, and the See also:Missouri, Kansas & See also:Texas See also:railways
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The city has a See also:Carnegie library, and is the seat of the See also:state normal school and of the See also:College of Emporia (Presbyterian; 1883)
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Emporia's See also:industrial interests are mainly centred in See also:commerce with the surrounding farming region; but there are small See also:flour See also:mills, See also:machine shops, foundries and other manufacturing establishments,—in 1905 the value of the factory product was $571,601
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The See also:municipality owns and operates the See also:water-See also:works and the electric-See also:lighting plant
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Emporia was settled in 1856 and was chartered as a city in 1870
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The Emporia See also:Gazette, established in 1890, was pur chased in 1894 by See also:
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