Padonia, Kansas

Last updated

Padonia is an unincorporated community in Padonia Township, Brown County, Kansas, United States. [1]

Contents

History

The first settlement at Padonia was made in 1854. [2] The community was named for Jesse Padon, a pioneer settler. [3] A post office was established in Padonia in 1857, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1933. [4]

References

  1. ↑ "Padonia, Kansas", Geographic Names Information System , United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior
  2. ↑ History of the State of Kansas: Containing a Full Account of Its Growth from an Uninhabited Territory to a Wealthy and Important State. A. T. Andreas. 1883. p.  739.
  3. ↑ Blackmar, Frank Wilson (1912). Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Volume 2. Standard Publishing Company. pp.  432.
  4. ↑ "Brown County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved February 15, 2015.

Further reading

39°55′24″N95°33′46″W / 39.92333°N 95.56278°W / 39.92333; -95.56278


This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.