Capaldo, Kansas

Capaldo was an unincorporated community in Crawford County, Kansas, United States. It is currently part of the city of Frontenac, and located northwest of the Frontenac Industrial Park #1.

History

Capaldo had its start in the year 1912 as a coal mining camp.^[1] It was originally populated chiefly by Italian immigrants.^[2]

In the early 2000s, the community was annexed into the city of Frontenac,.^[3]

References

↑ Powell, William E. "Former Mining Communities of the Cherokee-Crawford Coal Field". Kansas Historical Society. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
↑ Celeste Calvitto (2007). Searching for Italy in America's Rural Heartland. Vantage Press. p. 50. ISBN 978-0-533-15737-2.
↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Capaldo, Kansas

Municipalities and communities of Crawford County, Kansas, United States

County seat: Girard

Cities	Arcadia Arma Cherokee Frontenac Girard Hepler McCune Mulberry Pittsburg Walnut

Townships	Baker Crawford Grant Lincoln Osage Sheridan Sherman Walnut Washington

CDPs	Chicopee Franklin

Unincorporated communities	Beulah Brazilton Capaldo Cato Coalvale Croweburg Curranville Dry Wood Dunkirk Englevale Farlington Fleming Fuller Greenbush Gross Kirkwood Klendike Kniveton‡ Litchfield Lone Oak Midway Monmouth Opolis Radley Red Onion Ringo South Radley Yale

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Coordinates: 37°28′04″N 94°43′36″W / 37.46778°N 94.72667°W / 37.46778; -94.72667

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