WaKeeney, Kansas

Trego County

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WaKeeney is a city in Trego County in the U.S. state of Kansas and the county seat ( county seat ).

The town was founded in 1879 around a maintenance station of the Kansas Pacific Railway. In WaKeeney live according to the last census in 2000 1924 of 3319 County residents.

Trivia

In the U.S. television series " Jericho - The stop " is at the point of WaKeeney probably the city of Jericho Main place of action. Another indication that the city is in agreement that is spoken in the 3rd episode of the possibility that a plane had crashed near Jericho. This aircraft should be diverted to the airport Trego, which lies southwest of the real WaKeeney.