CITY

Official Website:
http://www.ci.salina.ks.us/

Chamber of Commerce:
http://www.salinakansas.org/

Population:
45679 (2000 census)

Founding Date:
1858 (founded), 1867 (railroad station)

County:
Saline County

County seat of Saline County since 1859.

SCHOOLS

School	Founded
Kansas Wesleyan University	1886

BIRTHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
John W. Carlin	Politician	5-Mar-1940		Governor of Kansas, 1979-87
Steven C. Clemons	Pundit	1962		Senior Fellow, New America Foundation
Marlin Fitzwater	Government	24-Nov-1942		White House Press Secretary 1987-93
Dwight Frye	Actor	22-Feb-1899	7-Nov-1943	Renfield in 1931 Dracula
Bill Graves	Politician	9-Jan-1953		Governor of Kansas, 1995-2003
Chuck Hansen	Activist	13-May-1947	26-Mar-2003	Nuclear historian and archivist
Gene Mauch	Baseball	18-Nov-1925	8-Aug-2005	MLB Manager
Robert H. McWilliams	Judge	27-Apr-1916	10-Apr-2013	10th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1970-84
Karen Philipp	Singer	c. 1945		Brasil '66 and Brasil '77
Matthew K. Rose	Business	1960		CEO of Burlington Northern Santa Fe
John Fenton Wheeler	Journalist	10-Apr-1924	21-Apr-2013	Last Man Out

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