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'''East-Central Kansas''' is a region of [[Kansas]]. It is located between the [[Kansas City metropolitan area]] and [[Southeast Kansas]], and on the border with [[Missouri]]. The region extends westward towards the [[Flint Hills]] to [[Lyon County, Kansas|Lyon County]]. East-Central Kansas geographically features rolling hills and deep forested river valleys. The main crop of this predominantly agricultural region is corn. The area is more forested and more moist compared to the rest of the state. East-Central Kansas is rich with state history, as many locations of this region saw battles in [[Bleeding Kansas]], and the infamous [[Abolitionism in the United States|abolitionist]] [[John Brown (abolitionist)|John Brown]] and his men battled in [[Osawatomie, Kansas|Osawatomie]]. Much of the area is powered by [[Wolf Creek Nuclear Generating Station]] which is located near [[Burlington, Kansas|Burlington]]. The most populous cities of the region include [[Emporia, Kansas|Emporia]], [[Ottawa, Kansas|Ottawa]], [[Paola, Kansas|Paola]], [[Osawatomie, Kansas|Osawatomie]], [[Garnett, Kansas|Garnett]], [[Osage City, Kansas|Osage City]], [[Burlington, Kansas|Burlington]], and [[Louisburg, Kansas|Louisburg]].<br />
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The region consists of the following seven counties:<br />
*[[Anderson County, Kansas|Anderson]]<br />
*[[Coffey County, Kansas|Coffey]]<br />
*[[Franklin County, Kansas|Franklin]]<br />
*[[Linn County, Kansas|Linn]]<br />
*[[Lyon County, Kansas|Lyon]]<br />
*[[Miami County, Kansas|Miami]]<br />
*[[Osage County, Kansas|Osage]]<br />
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==See also==<br />
*The Little Ozarks, which partly overlaps with East-Central Kansas.<br />
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