Ionia, Kansas

Ionia, Kansas
Unincorporated community

KDOT map of Jewell County (legend)
Ionia
Ionia
Coordinates: 39°39′50″N 98°20′51″W / 39.66389°N 98.34750°W / 39.66389; -98.34750Coordinates: 39°39′50″N 98°20′51″W / 39.66389°N 98.34750°W / 39.66389; -98.34750[1]
Country United States
State Kansas
County Jewell
Elevation[1] 1,539 ft (469 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code 785
FIPS code 20-34350 [1]
GNIS ID 472094 [1]

Ionia is an unincorporated community in Ionia Township, Jewell County, Kansas, United States.[2]

History

Ionia was homesteaded in 1869 and settled in 1870.[3]

A post office was opened in Ionia in 1871, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1982.[4]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) details for Ionia, Kansas; United States Geological Survey (USGS); October 13, 1978.
  2. ↑ "Ionia". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  3. ↑ Blackmar, Frank Wilson (1912). Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Embracing Events, Institutions, Industries, Counties, Cities, Towns, Prominent Persons, Etc. Standard Publishing Company. p. 940.
  4. ↑ "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961". Kansas Historical Society. Retrieved 11 June 2014.


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