Kennekuk, Kansas

Kennekuk is an unincorporated community in Atchison County, Kansas, United States.[1]

History

Kennekuk was platted in 1858.[2] It was named for Kennekuk, a Kickapoo medicine man.[3]

A post office was opened in Kennekuk in 1857, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1900.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Kennekuk, Kansas", Geographic Names Information System, United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior
  2. ^ History of the State of Kansas: Containing a Full Account of Its Growth from an Uninhabited Territory to a Wealthy and Important State. A. T. Andreas. 1883. p. 411.
  3. ^ Blackmar, Frank Wilson (1912). Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History. Standard Publishing Company. pp. 67.
  4. ^ "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961 (archived)". Kansas Historical Society. Archived from the original on October 9, 2013. Retrieved June 4, 2014.

Further reading

See also: List of books about Atchison County, Kansas

39°31′07″N 95°18′35″W / 39.51861°N 95.30972°W / 39.51861; -95.30972


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