K-65 (Kansas highway)

K-65
K-65 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by KDOT
Length	11.160 mi[1] (17.960 km)
History	Designated as K-69 by 1932;[2][3] renumbered K-65 by 1934[4][5]
Major junctions
West end	K-3 north of Bronson
East end	K-31 in Mapleton
Location
Country	United States
State	Kansas
Counties	Bourbon
Highway system
Kansas State Highway System Interstate US State Spurs
← K-64 → K-66

K-65 is an approximately 11.1-mile-long (17.9 km) west–east state highway located entirely within Bourbon County in eastern Kansas. K-65's western terminus is at K-3 north of Bronson. The highway travels east through the community of Xenia to its eastern terminus at K-31 in Mapleton. K-65 travels mostly through rural land and is a two-lane highway its entire length.

K-65 was first established in 1932, as K-69 to the former alignment of K-3. By 1934, it was renumbered as K-65 to avoid confusion with U.S. Route 69 (US-69), which had been extended into Kansas. Prior to 1957, K-65 originally turned north in Xenia and ended at K-31 in Osage. Then K-31 was rerouted onto a new alignment between Blue Mound and Mapleton. At this time K-65 was extended east on a new alignment from Xenia to Mapleton.