Bavaria, Kansas

Bavaria, Kansas
Unincorporated community
Location of Bavaria, Kansas
Coordinates: 38°47′50″N 97°45′20″W / 38.79722°N 97.75556°W / 38.79722; -97.75556Coordinates: 38°47′50″N 97°45′20″W / 38.79722°N 97.75556°W / 38.79722; -97.75556
Country	United States
State	Kansas
County	Saline
Elevation	1,273 ft (388 m)
Time zone	Central (CST) (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
Area code(s)	785

Bavaria (also Hohneck or Honek)^[1] is an unincorporated community in southern Ohio Township, Saline County, Kansas, United States. It lies along K-140 and a Union Pacific Railroad line southwest of the city of Salina, the county seat of Saline County. Spring Creek flows through the community.^[2] Its elevation is 1,273 feet (388 m), and it is located at 38°47′50″N 97°45′20″W / 38.79722°N 97.75556°W / 38.79722; -97.75556 (38.7972268, -97.7555952).^[1] As a part of Saline County, Bavaria is a part of the Salina micropolitan area.^[3]

History

Bavaria was laid out in 1877. Settlers had been present there since 1865.^[4] It's named after the state of Bavaria, in Germany.^[5]

The post office in Bavaria was discontinued in 1986.^[6]

Education

Primary and secondary education

Bavaria is part of Unified School District 307.^[7][8][9]

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Municipalities and communities of Saline County, Kansas, United States County seat: Salina Cities Assaria Brookville Gypsum New Cambria Salina Smolan Solomon‡ CDPs Falun Kipp Unincorporated communities Bavaria Bridgeport Glendale Hedville Mentor Salemsborg Shipton Townships Cambria Dayton Elm Creek Eureka Falun Glendale Greeley Gypsum Liberty Ohio Pleasant Valley Smoky Hill Smoky View Smolan Solomon Spring Creek Walnut Washington Footnotes ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties