St. Joseph, Kansas

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St. Joseph, Kansas
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 39°30′35″N97°24′22″W / 39.50972°N 97.40611°W / 39.50972; -97.40611 [1]
Country United States
State Kansas
County Cloud
Founded1874
Elevation
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1,375 ft (419 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code 785
FIPS code 20-62325
GNIS ID 473344 [1]

St. Joseph is an unincorporated community in Cloud County, Kansas, United States. [1]

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History

St. Joseph was founded after 1874 by its first Catholic pastor, Father Louis-Marie Mollier. [2] Its inhabitants were originally predominantly Roman Catholics of French American heritage. [3]

St. Joseph had a post office between 1878 and 1901. [4]

Education

The community is served by Clifton-Clyde USD 224 public school district, which has three schools:

Notable people

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: St. Joseph, Kansas
  2. ↑ Biographical History of Cloud County, Kansas: Biographies of Representative ... - E. F. Hollibaugh - Google Books. Books.google.com. 1934-05-24. Retrieved 2014-05-19.
  3. ↑ Robley, T. F. (1894). History of Bourbon County, Kansas: To the Close of 1865. Press of the Monitor book & printing Company. p. 71 – via Google Books.
  4. ↑ "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961". Kansas Historical Society. Retrieved June 6, 2014.

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