Kanopolis, KS

Kanopolis is a city in Ellsworth County, Kansas, United States. The 2020 census counted 443 residents. Kanopolis was built on the site of Fort Harker, a United States Army post that housed infantry and cavalry troops involved in the Indian Wars from 1867 to 1872. Kanopolis was built by the United States Army in August 1864 at the junction of the Fort Riley-Fort Larned Road and the Smoky Hill Trail, near the Smoky Hill River. Kanopolis Lake and Kanopolis State Park. Mushroom Rock State Park. The district high school is located in Ellsworth.

Kanopolis's local map joins its older history to the places and landscapes that still shape the town today, all within the wider Kansas setting. The local scoop is how Kanopolis's history still shows up in the places people visit, work, learn, and meet. By this time, the fort had grown in importance as a military staging post and supply depot for forts further west, and needed to expand to continue meeting its mission. The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters.