Monmouth, Kansas

Monmouth, Kansas
Unincorporated community

KDOT map of Crawford County (legend)
Monmouth
Monmouth

Location within the state of Kansas

Coordinates: 37°21′47″N 94°56′13″W / 37.36306°N 94.93694°W / 37.36306; -94.93694Coordinates: 37°21′47″N 94°56′13″W / 37.36306°N 94.93694°W / 37.36306; -94.93694[1]
Country United States
State Kansas
County Crawford
Platted 1866

Monmouth is an unincorporated community in Crawford County, Kansas, United States.[2]

History

Monmouth was laid out in 1866. It may be the oldest town in Crawford County.[3] Monmouth was named after Monmouth, Illinois.[4]

The first post office in Monmouth was established in July 1866.[5]

Mounmouth experienced growth in 1879 when a narrow gauge railroad was first extended to that point.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) details for Monmouth, Kansas; United States Geological Survey (USGS); October 13, 1978.
  2. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Monmouth, Kansas
  3. ↑ Blackmar, Frank Wilson (1912). Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Volume 2. Standard Publishing Company. p. 299.
  4. 1 2 A Twentieth Century History and Biographical Record of Crawford County, Kansas. The Lewis Publishing Company. 1905. p. 31.
  5. ↑ "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961, page 2 (archived)". Kansas Historical Society. Archived from the original on October 9, 2013. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
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