Assaria, KS

united states

Assaria is a small farming town of 521 people along Interstate 135, about 12 miles south of Salina in central Kansas. Most visitors arrive via I-135 from Salina or connect from I-70 near Salina when traveling from Kansas City or Wichita. The town was named after a biblical reference to Syria by Swedish immigrants who settled here in the 1870s.