Kickapoo, Kansas

Kickapoo is an unincorporated community in Kickapoo Township, Leavenworth County, Kansas, United States. It is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area.[1]

History

Kickapoo was laid out in 1854.[2] It was named after the Kickapoo people.[3]

Kickapoo was a station on the Missouri Pacific Railroad.[4]

The post office in Kickapoo closed in 1920.[5]

References

  1. https://www.marc.org/Data-Economy/Metrodataline/General-Information/Statistical-Areas
  2. Blackmar, Frank Wilson (1912). Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History. Standard Publishing Company. pp. 69.
  3. Hall, Jesse A. and Hand LeRoy T. (1921). History of Leavenworth County Kansas. Historical Publishing Company. pp. 137.
  4. Gannett, Henry (1898). A Gazetteer of Kansas. Govt. Print. Off. p. 123.
  5. "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961 (archived)". Kansas Historical Society. Archived from the original on 9 October 2013. Retrieved 12 June 2014.



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