Kansas
Douglas County
Lecompton Township

Lecompton

Lecompton is a city in , , United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 588. Lecompton, located on the , was the de jure territorial capital of Kansas from 1855 to 1861, and the Douglas County seat from 1855 to 1858.
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  • Type: Village with 649 residents
  • Description: city in Douglas County, Kansas, United States of America
  • Also known as: “Bald Eagle”, “Lacompton”, “Le Compton”, “Lecompton, Kansas”, and “Lecompton, KS”
  • Postal code: 66050

Places of Interest

Highlights include Constitution Hall.

Protected area
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lecompton , also known as , is a building in Lecompton, Kansas, that played an important role in the long-running Bleeding Kansas crisis over slavery in Kansas.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Perry and Medina.

Village
Photo: Kswx29, CC BY 3.0.
is a city in , , United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 852. is situated 2 miles north of Lecompton.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in , United States. is situated 2½ miles northwest of Lecompton.

Hamlet
is a census-designated place in southeastern , United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 96. It is located south of the junction of US-24 and US-59. is situated 3½ miles east of Lecompton.

Lecompton

Latitude
39.04505° or 39° 2′ 42″ north
Longitude
-95.39493° or 95° 23′ 42″ west
Population
649
Elevation
925 feet (282 metres)
Open location code
86F62JW4+22
Open­Street­Map ID
node 151755206
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
4274331
Wiki­data ID
Q2232398
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Volapük—“Lecompton” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ليكومبتون”
  • Basque: “Lecompton”
  • Catalan: “Lecompton”
  • Cebuano: “Lecompton”
  • Chechen: “Лекамптон”
  • Chinese: “Lecompton”
  • Chinese: “萊康普頓”
  • Danish: “Lecompton”
  • Dutch: “Lecompton”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ليكومبتون”
  • French: “Lecompton”
  • German: “Lecompton”
  • Gilaki: “لکومپتن (کانزاس)”
  • Gilaki: “لکومپتن”
  • Haitian: “Lecompton, Kansas”
  • Haitian: “Lecompton”
  • Ido: “Lecompton, Kansas”
  • Ido: “Lecompton”
  • Irish: “Lecompton”
  • Italian: “Lecompton”
  • Japanese: “ルコンプトン”
  • Japanese: “レコンプトン”
  • Ladin: “Lecompton”
  • Malagasy: “Lecompton, Kansas”
  • Malagasy: “Lecompton”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Lecompton”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Lecompton”
  • Norwegian: “Lecompton”
  • Persian: “لکومپتون، کانزاس”
  • Persian: “لکومپتون”
  • Polish: “Lecompton”
  • Portuguese: “Lecompton”
  • Serbian: “Лекомптон”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Lecompton, Kansas”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Lecompton”
  • South Azerbaijani: “لکومپتون، کانزاس”
  • Spanish: “Lecompton (Kansas)”
  • Spanish: “Lecompton”
  • Swedish: “Lecompton, Kansas”
  • Swedish: “Lecompton”
  • Tatar: “Лекамптон”
  • Ukrainian: “Лекамптон”
  • Uzbek: “Lecompton”
  • Uzbek: “Леcомптон”
  • Vietnamese: “Lecompton, Kansas”
  • Vietnamese: “Lecompton”
  • Volapük: “Lecompton”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Lecompton City Hall and Lecompton Community Building.

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