Newman, Kansas

Newman, Kansas
Unincorporated community
Newman at junction between Bridge and Newman Road (2025)
KDOT map of Jefferson County (legend)
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Coordinates: 39°04′50″N95°27′53″W / 39.08056°N 95.46472°W / 39.08056; -95.46472 [1]
Country	United States
State	Kansas
County	Jefferson
Township	Kentucky
Founded	1867
Named after	H. L. Newman [2]
Elevation [1]	863 ft (263 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code	785
FIPS code	20-50400 [1]
GNIS ID	478808 [1]

Newman is an unincorporated community in southern Jefferson County, United States. ^[1]

History

Newman was laid out in 1867. ^[3]

A post office was opened in Newman in 1868 and remained in operation until it was closed in 1969. ^[4]

See also

• Perry Lake and Perry State Park

References

1. "Newman, Kansas", Geographic Names Information System , United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior
2. "Newman, Kansas – Extinct in Jefferson County". Legends of Kansas. Retrieved October 20, 2024.
3. Blackmar, Frank Wilson (1912). Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Volume 2. Standard Publishing Company. pp.  358.
4. "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961 (archived)". Kansas Historical Society. Archived from the original on October 9, 2013. Retrieved June 11, 2014.

Further reading

See also: List of books about Jefferson County, Kansas