LeLoup, Kansas

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LeLoup, Kansas
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 38°41′40.03″N95°9′35.89″W / 38.6944528°N 95.1599694°W / 38.6944528; -95.1599694 [1]
Country United States
State Kansas
County Franklin
Founded1870
Named for Wolf
Elevation
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955 ft (291 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code 785
FIPS code 20-39300 [1]
GNIS ID 479371 [1]

LeLoup is an unincorporated community in Franklin County, Kansas, United States. [1] It is located a mile and half north of Interstate 35 on Tennessee Road, 11 miles northeast of Ottawa, 7 miles southwest of Wellsville.

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History

LeLoup was founded in 1870 after the Santa Fe Railroad laid tracks through the area. The community was originally named Ferguson after Robert Ferguson, the original owner of the town site. [2] The community was renamed LeLoup after a French traveler got off at Ferguson and mistook a coyote for a wolf and began shouting "le loup", then the community voted to change the name to LeLoup.

LeLoup had a post office from September 1870 until 1954; the name of the post office was changed from Ferguson in 1879. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "LeLoup, Kansas", Geographic Names Information System , United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior
  2. ↑ Blackmar, Frank Wilson (1912). Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Volume 2. Standard Publishing Company. pp.  137.
  3. ↑ "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961 (archived)". Kansas Historical Society. Archived from the original on October 9, 2013. Retrieved June 10, 2014.

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