Place:Atchison, Atchison, Kansas, United States

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NameAtchison
TypeCity
Coordinates39.563°N 95.128°W
Located inAtchison, Kansas, United States     (1854 - )
Contained Places
Cemetery
Mount Vernon Cemetery ( 1864 - )
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Atchison is a city situated along the Missouri River in the eastern part of Atchison County, located in northeast Kansas, in the Central United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 11,021. It is the county seat and most populous city of Atchison County. The city is named in honor of David Rice Atchison, United States senator from Missouri, and was the original eastern terminus of the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad.

Atchison was the birthplace of aviatrix Amelia Earhart, and the Amelia Earhart Festival is held annually in July. Atchison is also home of Benedictine College, a Catholic liberal-arts college. Atchison is often called one of the most haunted places in America, due to the city's ghost-story heritage.

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