Ionia, Kansas

Ionia is an unincorporated community in Ionia Township, Jewell County, Kansas.

History

Ionia was homesteaded in 1869 and settled in 1870.[1]

A post office was opened in Ionia in 1871, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1982.[2]

References

  1. Blackmar, Frank Wilson (1912). Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Embracing Events, Institutions, Industries, Counties, Cities, Towns, Prominent Persons, Etc. Standard Publishing Company. p. 940.
  2. "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961". Kansas Historical Society. Retrieved 11 June 2014.

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Coordinates: 39°39′50″N 98°20′51″W / 39.66389°N 98.34750°W