Atchison

Atchison, a city of Kansas, U.S., on the left bank of the Missouri, 333 miles above St Louis. It is an important railway centre, nine distinct lines converging here. The city has flour-mills, an iron-foundry, machine-shops, manufactures of furniture, carriages, and wagons, and an extensive general trade. It has grown rapidly. Pop. (1870) 7054; (1880) 15,106; (1890) fallen to 13,963.