About Fort Riley
Fort Riley, KS is a small unincorporated community located in northern Kansas.
Fort Riley holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 6.41 square miles.
📰 Fort Riley News Today
Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.
What Makes Fort Riley Unique
- The only place in America named Fort Riley — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
- An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
- Positioned in northern Kansas, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
Why People Love It Here
- Quiet streets and a slower rhythm — the kind of place people move to on purpose.
- Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
- Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 6 miles.
🎡 Fun Things to Do
- Kansas First Territorial Capitol · Museum
- Locomotive 6072 · Attraction
Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.
🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Fort Riley
Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.
🏫 Schools in Fort Riley
- Fort Riley Elem
- Fort Riley Middle School
- LTG Richard J. Seitz Elementary
- Morris Hill Elem
- Ware Elem
Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.
🏥 Hospitals & Healthcare
- Irwin Ach (Ft Riley) · 24/7 ER
Medicare-registered hospitals with official CMS star ratings.