Junction City / Geary Co.

The county seat of Geary County, Junction City, has a population of 18,886, and is located between the Smoky Hill and Republican rivers on the west side of where they merge to form the Kansas River. In 1853 Fort Riley, a major U.S. Army post, was established on the northeast side of this confluence.

In 1854 Andrew J. Mead of New York and of the Cincinnati-Manhattan Company, Free Staters connected to the Massachusetts Emigrant Aid Company, planned a community where Junction City now is located called Manhattan. There was also some discussion about calling it New Cincinnati, but when the steamship Hartford, delivering the immigrants, could not reach the community because of low water on the Kansas River, the Free Staters settled 20 miles east in what today is Manhattan, Kansas.

The community further west that would eventually become known as Junction City, was renamed Millard City for Captain Millard of the Hartford on October 3, 1855. It was briefly renamed again, Humboldt, in 1857 by local farmers and then renamed once again later that year to Junction City.

Today visitors to the area can take a tour of Custer House on Fort Riley, visit the Buffalo Soldier Memorial, visit a one-room schoolhouse, cabin and historic church at the Spring Valley Historic Site, and tour the U.S. Cavalry Museum and the 1st Infantry Division Museum at historic Fort Riley.

Nestled in the scenic Flint Hills the area offers many opportunities for outdoor activities. Go bird watching in the scenic Flint Hills, take a fishing trip to Milford Lake - The Fishing Capital of Kansas, go horseback riding at historic Sunrock Ranch, discover nature at the Milford Nature Center, or go swimming and relax at a sandy beach.

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