Kickapoo, Kansas

Kickapoo is an unincorporated community in Kickapoo Township, Leavenworth County, Kansas, United States.[1] It is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area.[2]

History

Kickapoo was laid out in 1854.[3] It was named after the Kickapoo people.[4]

Kickapoo was a station on the Missouri Pacific Railroad.[5]

The post office in Kickapoo closed in 1920.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Kickapoo, Kansas", Geographic Names Information System, United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior
  2. ^ "Population Data and Maps | MARC". Archived from the original on September 16, 2014. Retrieved October 14, 2019.
  3. ^ Blackmar, Frank Wilson (1912). Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History. Standard Publishing Company. pp. 69.
  4. ^ Hall, Jesse A. and Hand LeRoy T. (1921). History of Leavenworth County Kansas. Historical Publishing Company. pp. 137.
  5. ^ Gannett, Henry (1898). A Gazetteer of Kansas. Govt. Print. Off. p. 123.
  6. ^ "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961 (archived)". Kansas Historical Society. Archived from the original on October 9, 2013. Retrieved June 12, 2014.

Further reading

See also: List of books about Leavenworth County, Kansas

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