Dennis, Kansas
| Dennis, Kansas | |
|---|---|
| Unincorporated community | |
  Dennis, Kansas  Dennis, Kansas Location within the state of Kansas | |
| Coordinates: 37°20′49″N 95°24′46″W / 37.34694°N 95.41278°WCoordinates: 37°20′49″N 95°24′46″W / 37.34694°N 95.41278°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Kansas |
| County | Labette |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
Dennis is an unincorporated community in Labette County, Kansas, United States.
History
Dennis had its start in the early 1880s by the building of the Memphis, Kansas and Colorado Railroad through that territory.[1] The first post office in Dennis was established in May 1881.[2]
The nearby Big Hill Archeological District is on the National Register of Historic Places.
See also
References
- ↑ Blackmar, Frank Wilson (1912). Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Embracing Events, Institutions, Industries, Counties, Cities, Towns, Prominent Persons, Etc. Standard Publishing Company. p. 508.
- ↑ "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961". Kansas Historical Society. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
Further reading
- Labette County
- History of Labette County, Kansas, and Representative Citizens; Nelson Case; Biographical Publishing Company; 846 pages; 1901. (Download 50MB PDF eBook)
- Kansas
- History of the State of Kansas; William G. Cutler; A.T. Andreas Publisher; 1883. (Online HTML eBook)
(Volume1 - Download 54MB PDF eBook),(Volume2 - Download 53MB PDF eBook), (Volume3 - Download 33MB PDF eBook)
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