Marienthal, Kansas
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Marienthal, Kansas | |
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Country | United States |
State | Kansas |
County | Wichita |
Elevation | 3,215 ft (980 m) |
Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
ZIP codes | 67863 |
Area code | 620 |
FIPS code | 20-44600 [1] |
GNIS feature ID | 471501 [1] |
Marienthal is an unincorporated community in Wichita County, Kansas, United States. It is also the locus of, and its name is used to identify, a census-designated place in Kansas.
History
In 1892, the community was founded by a group of immigrant Germans from Russia; they named it after their previous hometown of Marienthal, Russia, today Marienka, Ukraine. The post office was established March 18, 1902.[2] Marienthal now consists of roughly 100 people, a Catholic church,[3] a post office, a flour mill,[4] a substance abuse treatment center, a trucking company, a bar and a grain elevator.
References
- ^ a b c d GNIS for Marienthal, Kansas; USGS; October 13, 1978.
- ^ "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961". Kansas Historical Society. Archived from the original on October 9, 2013. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
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