Bavaria, Kansas

Bavaria, Kansas
Unincorporated community
Grain elevator in Bavaria (2015)

Location within Saline County and Kansas

KDOT map of Saline County (legend)
Coordinates: 38°47′50″N 97°45′20″W / 38.79722°N 97.75556°W / 38.79722; -97.75556Coordinates: 38°47′50″N 97°45′20″W / 38.79722°N 97.75556°W / 38.79722; -97.75556[1]
Country United States
State Kansas
County Saline
Township Ohio
Elevation[1] 1,273 ft (388 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code 785
FIPS code 20-04575 [1]
GNIS feature ID 0476783 [1]

Bavaria is an unincorporated community in Saline County, Kansas, United States.[1] It lies along K-140 and a Union Pacific Railroad line west of the city of Salina.

History

The place was originally known as Hohneck, after Ernst Hohneck, who settled there in 1865.[2] It was also known as Honek.[1] Bavaria was laid out by E. F. Drake in 1877, and named after the state of Bavaria, in Germany.[3][4]

Its post office in Bavaria was close in 1986.[5]

Geography

Spring Creek flows through the community.[6]

Demographics

Bavaria a part of Saline County, Bavaria is a part of the Salina micropolitan area.[7]

Education

Bavaria is served by USD 307 Ell-Saline.[8][9][10] Ell-Saline schools are located in Brookville. The Ell-Saline school mascot is Cardinals.

Bavaria schools were closed through school unification. The Bavaria High School mascot was Tigers.[11]

Further reading

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) details for Bavaria, Kansas; United States Geological Survey (USGS); October 13, 1978.
  2. ↑ Blackmar, Frank Wilson (1912). Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Embracing Events, Institutions, Industries, Counties, Cities, Towns, Prominent Persons, Etc. Standard Publishing Company. p. 160.
  3. ↑ Heim, Michael (2007). Exploring Kansas Highways. p. 37.
  4. ↑ http://www.kancoll.org/books/cutler/saline/saline-co-p9.html#BAVARIA
  5. ↑ "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961". Kansas Historical Society. Archived from the original on October 9, 2013. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
  6. ↑ DeLorme. Kansas Atlas & Gazetteer. 4th ed. Yarmouth: DeLorme, 2009, 48. ISBN 0-89933-342-7.
  7. ↑ Update of Statistical Area Definitions and Guidance on Their Uses Archived 2008-11-17 at the Wayback Machine., Office of Management and Budget, 2007-11-20. Accessed 2008-08-14.
  8. ↑ USD 307
  9. ↑ Kansas School District Boundary Map Archived July 21, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.
  10. ↑ Saline County School District Map Archived July 27, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.
  11. ↑ "The good ole days", The Salina Journal, 1 December 1994, p.17.


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