Kansas, Ohio

Kansas, Ohio
Unincorporated community

Location of Kansas, Ohio
Coordinates: 41°14′42″N 83°17′05″W / 41.24500°N 83.28472°WCoordinates: 41°14′42″N 83°17′05″W / 41.24500°N 83.28472°W
Country United States
State Ohio
County Seneca
Township Liberty
Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
  Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP codes 44841

Kansas is a census-designated place in northwestern Liberty Township, Seneca County, Ohio, United States.[1] Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 44841.[2] It is located along State Route 635.[3]

Kansas was platted in early 1855 along a line of the Lake Erie and Louisville Railroad.[4] A short distance south of the community on State Route 635 is the Michaels Farm, which has been named a historic site.[5] Kansas is the named hometown of the Lakota Local School District, though none of the schools in the district are in the community.

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Kansas, Ohio
  2. Zip Code Lookup
  3. DeLorme. Ohio Atlas & Gazetteer. 7th ed. Yarmouth: DeLorme, 2004, 37. ISBN 0-89933-281-1.
  4. Lang, W. History of Seneca County, from the Close of the Revolutionary War to July, 1880. Springfield: Transcript, 1880, 550.
  5. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2010-07-09.