Walnut Grove, Kansas

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Walnut Grove, Kansas
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Walnut Grove
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Walnut Grove
Walnut Grove (the US)
Coordinates: 39°21′02″N98°03′36″W / 39.35056°N 98.06000°W / 39.35056; -98.06000 Coordinates: 39°21′02″N98°03′36″W / 39.35056°N 98.06000°W / 39.35056; -98.06000
Country United States
State Kansas
County Mitchell
Elevation 1,489 ft (454 m)
Time zone Central (CST) (UTC-6)
  Summer (DST) CDT (UTC-5)
GNIS feature ID 482031 [1]

Walnut Grove was a small settlement in Mitchell County, Kansas, United States.

Mitchell County, Kansas County in the United States

Mitchell County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. As of the 2010 census, the county population was 6,373. The largest city and county seat is Beloit.

Kansas State of the United States of America

Kansas is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. Its capital is Topeka and its largest city is Wichita, with its most populated county being Johnson County. Kansas is bordered by Nebraska on the north; Missouri on the east; Oklahoma on the south; and Colorado on the west. Kansas is named after the Kansas River, which in turn was named after the Kansa Native Americans who lived along it banks. The tribe's name is often said to mean "people of the (south) wind" although this was probably not the term's original meaning. For thousands of years, what is now Kansas was home to numerous and diverse Native American tribes. Tribes in the eastern part of the state generally lived in villages along the river valleys. Tribes in the western part of the state were semi-nomadic and hunted large herds of bison.

History

There were two settlements in Mitchell County with the name Walnut Grove. The first was in Hayes Township with a post office from 1876 to 1881. [2] In 1886, Walnut Grove in Bloomfield Township was issued a post office. This post office was renamed Walnutgrove in 1894, then discontinued in 1901. [3]

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References

  1. "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 1984-07-01. Retrieved 2017-12-30.
  2. "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961". Kansas Historical Society. Retrieved 2017-12-30.
  3. "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961". Kansas Historical Society. Retrieved 2017-12-30.