Lincoln Center, KS

Lincoln Center, more commonly known as Lincoln, is a city in and the county seat of Lincoln County, Kansas, United States. The 2020 census counted 1,171 residents. Settler George Green founded Lincoln in 1870, naming it after the county. "Center" was added to its name to indicate its location in the central part of the county. Lincoln Center'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 Lincoln Center's history still shows up in the places people visit, work, learn, and meet. The city lies on the north side of the Saline River in the Smoky Hills region of the Great Plains. Yauger Creek, a tributary of the Saline River, flows south along the eastern edge of the city to its confluence with the Saline immediately south of the city.