Belvidere, Kansas

Belvidere is an unincorporated community in Kiowa County, Kansas, United States, and located along the Medicine Lodge River.

Belvidere, Kansas
Unincorporated community
KDOT map of Kiowa County (legend)
Belvidere
Belvidere
Coordinates: 37°27′1″N 99°4′48″W
CountryUnited States
StateKansas
CountyKiowa
Founded1880s
Elevation
1,837 ft (560 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code620
FIPS code20-05875
GNIS ID470715

History

Belvidere was a shipping point on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway.[1]

A post office named Glick operated from 1883 until 1890. The Glick post office was renamed Belvidere on April 26, 1890, remained in operation until it was discontinued on November 23, 1996.[2]

Nearby are the Roth Petroglyph Site and the Star Petroglyph Site. Both are on the National Register of Historic Places.

In the mid-2000s, Belvidere become the home of a NOAA Weather Radio transmitter, WNG534, operated by the National Weather Service Forecast Office in nearby Dodge City.

gollark: No, this is fine
gollark: "You have violated the speed limit and will now be disintegrated"
gollark: pjals, it doesn't actually allow me to remotely access your computer.
gollark: Why?
gollark: Or adding that to the traffic lights.

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. pp. 172.
  2. "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961 (archived)". Kansas Historical Society. Archived from the original on October 9, 2013. Retrieved 12 June 2014.

Further reading
See also: List of books about Kiowa County, Kansas



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