Kennekuk, Kansas

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Kennekuk is an unincorporated community in Atchison County, Kansas, United States. [1]

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History

Kennekuk was platted in 1858. [2] It was named for Kennekuk, a Kickapoo medicine man. [3]

A post office was opened in Kennekuk in 1857, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1900. [4]

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References

  1. "Kennekuk, 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.  411.
  3. Blackmar, Frank Wilson (1912). Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History. Standard Publishing Company. pp.  67.
  4. "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961 (archived)". Kansas Historical Society. Archived from the original on October 9, 2013. Retrieved June 4, 2014.

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39°31′07″N95°18′35″W / 39.51861°N 95.30972°W / 39.51861; -95.30972