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Dennis, Kansas

Coordinates: 37°20′49″N 95°24′46″W / 37.34694°N 95.41278°W / 37.34694; -95.41278
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Dennis, Kansas
KDOT map of Labette County (legend)
Dennis is located in Kansas
Dennis
Dennis
Dennis is located in the United States
Dennis
Dennis
Coordinates: 37°20′49″N 95°24′46″W / 37.34694°N 95.41278°W / 37.34694; -95.41278
CountryUnited States
StateKansas
CountyLabette
Time zoneUTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code620

Dennis is an unincorporated community in Labette County, Kansas, United States.

History

Dennis had its start in the early 1880s by the building of the Memphis, Kansas and Colorado Railroad through that territory.[1] The first post office in Dennis was established in May 1881.[2]

The nearby Big Hill Archeological District is on the National Register of Historic Places.

See also

References

  1. ^ Blackmar, Frank Wilson (1912). Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Embracing Events, Institutions, Industries, Counties, Cities, Towns, Prominent Persons, Etc. Standard Publishing Company. p. 508.
  2. ^ "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961". Kansas Historical Society. Retrieved 12 June 2014.

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