Dunkirk, Kansas

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Dunkirk is an unincorporated community in Crawford County, Kansas, United States. [1]

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History

A post office was opened in Dunkirk in 1915, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1919. [2] Dunkirk was originally a mining community with coal mines operated by the Wier Coal Company. [3]

References

  1. ↑ "Dunkirk, Kansas", Geographic Names Information System , United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior
  2. ↑ "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961 (archived)". Kansas Historical Society. Archived from the original on October 9, 2013. Retrieved June 6, 2014.
  3. ↑ University of Kansas (1918). Bulletin. p. 163.

Further reading

37°29′04″N94°44′31″W / 37.48444°N 94.74194°W / 37.48444; -94.74194


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