Fort RileyKansas
Fort Riley is a United States Army installation located in North Central Kansas, on the Kansas River, also known as the Kaw, between Junction City and Manhattan. The Fort Riley Military Reservation covers 101,733 acres (41,170 ha) in Geary and Riley counties.
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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.