Wea, Kansas

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Wea, Kansas
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 38°42′55″N94°40′01″W / 38.71528°N 94.66694°W / 38.71528; -94.66694 [1]
Country United States
State Kansas
County Miami
Elevation
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1,086 ft (331 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code 913
FIPS code 20-76200
GNIS ID 479415 [1]

Wea is an unincorporated community in Miami County, Kansas, United States. [1] It is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area. [2]

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History

The post office in Wea closed in 1903. [3]

This community was named for the Wea Tribe that was part of the Illiniwek Confederacy that came to this reservation land in 1832 along with the Piankishaw, Peoria, and Kaskaskia Tribes.

The Kansas Nebraska Act of 1854 brought squatters who forced land cessions upon these four tribes until they removed to Indian Territory in 1867.

Education

Wea High School mascot was the Eagles.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Wea, Kansas
  2. ↑ "Population Data and Maps | MARC".
  3. ↑ "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961, page 2". Kansas Historical Society. Retrieved June 15, 2014.

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