Monmouth, Kansas
| Monmouth, Kansas | |
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| Unincorporated community | |
 KDOT map of Crawford County (legend) | |
  Monmouth  Monmouth | |
| Coordinates: 37°21′47″N 94°56′13″W / 37.36306°N 94.93694°WCoordinates: 37°21′47″N 94°56′13″W / 37.36306°N 94.93694°W[1] | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Kansas |
| County | Crawford |
| Platted | 1866 |
Monmouth is an unincorporated community in Crawford County, Kansas, United States.[2]
History
Monmouth was laid out in 1866. It may be the oldest town in Crawford County.[3] Monmouth was named after Monmouth, Illinois.[4]
The first post office in Monmouth was established in July 1866.[5]
Mounmouth experienced growth in 1879 when a narrow gauge railroad was first extended to that point.[4]
References
- ↑ Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) details for Monmouth, Kansas; United States Geological Survey (USGS); October 13, 1978.
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Monmouth, Kansas
- ↑ Blackmar, Frank Wilson (1912). Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Volume 2. Standard Publishing Company. p. 299.
- 1 2 A Twentieth Century History and Biographical Record of Crawford County, Kansas. The Lewis Publishing Company. 1905. p. 31.
- ↑ "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961, page 2 (archived)". Kansas Historical Society. Archived from the original on October 9, 2013. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
Municipalities and communities of Crawford County, Kansas, United States | ||
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |
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