Kendall, Kansas
| Kendall, Kansas | |
|---|---|
| Unincorporated community | |
  Kendall, Kansas | |
| Coordinates: 37°56′05″N 101°32′46″W / 37.93472°N 101.54611°WCoordinates: 37°56′05″N 101°32′46″W / 37.93472°N 101.54611°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Kansas |
| County | Hamilton |
| Elevation | 3,140 ft (960 m) |
| Time zone | Mountain (MST) (UTC-7) |
| • Summer (DST) | MDT (UTC-6) |
| ZIP code | 67857 |
| Area code(s) | 620 |
| GNIS feature ID | 471586[1] |
Kendall is an unincorporated community in Hamilton County, Kansas, United States. Kendall is located near U.S. Route 50 and U.S. Route 400 12 miles (19 km) southeast of Syracuse. Kendall has a post office with ZIP code 67857.[2]
The frontiersman Charles "Buffalo" Jones, who in 1879 had co-founded Garden City, left from Kendall in 1886 on a hunt to try to capture remaining buffalo to prevent their looming extinction.[3]
See also
References
- ↑ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ↑ ZIP Code Lookup
- ↑ "Buffalo Jones". h-net.msu.edu. Retrieved September 4, 2010.
Further reading
- The Story of the Marking of the Santa Fe Trail by the Daughters of the American Revolution in Kansas and the State of Kansas; Almira Cordry; Crane Co; 164 pages; 1915.
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