Bendena, Kansas

Bendena is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Doniphan County, Kansas, United States.[1] As of the 2010 census, Bendena had a population of 117.[2] Its ZIP Code is 66008.[3]

Bendena, Kansas
Census-designated place
KDOT map of Doniphan County (legend)
Bendena
Location within the state of Kansas
Coordinates: 39°44′28″N 95°10′46″W[1]
CountryUnited States
StateKansas
CountyDoniphan
Area
 • Total1.53 sq mi (3.96 km2)
 • Land1.53 sq mi (3.96 km2)
 • Water0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2)
Elevation1,112 ft (339 m)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total117
 • Density77/sq mi (30/km2)
Time zoneUTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
66008
FIPS code20-05975 [1]
GNIS feature ID473280 [1]
WebsiteWebsite

History

Bendena was founded in 1886.[4] It was originally given the name of "Albers," after John Albers, who farmed on this land. But when the United States Postal Service established a post office there, they required a change of name because of similarities to other town names in Kansas. It was then named for the sweetheart of the first telegraph operator at the Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska railroad station.[5]

The first post office in Bendena was established in January, 1888.[6]

Geography

Bendena is located southwest of the center of Doniphan County, along highway K-20. It is 7 miles (11 km) southwest of Troy, the county seat, and 15 miles (24 km) north of Atchison.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Bendena CDP has an area of 1.53 square miles (3.96 km2), all of it land.[2]

Demographics

The community is part of the St. Joseph, MO–KS Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Education

The community is served by Doniphan West USD 111 public school district.

References
  1. Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) details for Bendena, Kansas; United States Geological Survey (USGS); October 13, 1978.
  2. "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Bendena CDP, Kansas". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
  3. United States Postal Service (2012). "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code". Retrieved 2012-02-15.
  4. Blackmar, Frank Wilson (1912). Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Embracing Events, Institutions, Industries, Counties, Cities, Towns, Prominent Persons, Etc. Standard Publishing Company. pp. 172.
  5. Gray, Patrick Leopoldo (1905). Gray's Doniphan County History: A Record of the Happenings of Half a Hundred Years. Roycroft Press. pp. 56.
  6. "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961 (archived)". Kansas Historical Society. Archived from the original on October 9, 2013. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
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