Kendall, Kansas

Kendall is an unincorporated community in Hamilton County, Kansas, United States. Kendall is located near U.S. Route 50 and U.S. Route 400 12 miles (19 km) southeast of Syracuse. Kendall has a post office with ZIP code 67857.[2]

Kendall, Kansas
Unincorporated community
KDOT map of Hamilton County (legend)
Kendall
Kendall
Coordinates: 37°56′5″N 101°32′46″W
CountryUnited States
StateKansas
CountyHamilton
Elevation
3,140 ft (960 m)
Time zoneUTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP code
67857
Area code620
FIPS code20-36400
GNIS ID471586 [1]

History

The frontiersman Charles "Buffalo" Jones, who in 1879 had co-founded Garden City, left from Kendall in 1886 on a hunt to try to capture remaining buffalo to prevent their looming extinction.[3]

Education

Kendall is a part of USD 494 Syracuse.[4]

Kendall schools were closed through school unification. The Kendall High School mascot was Kendall Bobcats.[5]

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See also

References
  1. "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  2. ZIP Code Lookup
  3. "Buffalo Jones". h-net.msu.edu. Archived from the original on March 6, 2012. Retrieved September 4, 2010.
  4. "USD 494 Syracuse". USD 494. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  5. "Kendall Downs Russell Springs", Garden City Telegram, 6 January 1966, p.5.

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



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