CHANUTE

city, Neosho county, southeastern Kansas, U.S., on the Neosho River. Settled c. 1870 and named for Octave Chanute, a civil engineer and aviation pioneer, Chanute developed as a trading and shipping centre for an agricultural and oil-producing region. Manufactures include drilling equipment, work clothes, chemicals, and cement. Chanute is the site of Neosho County Community College (1936). The city's Safari Museum has collections pertaining to the work of African explorers Martin and Osa Johnson (she was born in Chanute in 1894). Inc. 1873. Pop. (1990) 9,488.