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Unincorporated community in Franklin County, Kansas

Unincorporated community in Kansas, United States
LeLoup, Kansas
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 38°41′40.03″N 95°9′35.89″W / 38.6944528°N 95.1599694°W / 38.6944528; -95.1599694
CountryUnited States
StateKansas
CountyFranklin
Founded1870
Named forWolf
Elevation955 ft (291 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code785
FIPS code20-39300
GNIS ID479371

LeLoup is an unincorporated community in Franklin County, Kansas, United States. It is located a mile and half north of Interstate 35 on Tennessee Road, 11 miles northeast of Ottawa, 7 miles southwest of Wellsville.

History

LeLoup was founded in 1870 after the Santa Fe Railroad laid tracks through the area. The community was originally named Ferguson after Robert Ferguson, the original owner of the town site. The community was renamed LeLoup after a French traveler got off at Ferguson and mistook a coyote for a wolf and began shouting "le loup", then the community voted to change the name to LeLoup.

LeLoup had a post office from September 1870 until 1954; the name of the post office was changed from Ferguson in 1879.

Gallery

  • An old school in LeLoup (2008) An old school in LeLoup (2008)

References

  1. ^ "LeLoup, Kansas", Geographic Names Information System, United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior
  2. Blackmar, Frank Wilson (1912). Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Volume 2. Standard Publishing Company. pp. 137.
  3. "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961 (archived)". Kansas Historical Society. Archived from the original on October 9, 2013. Retrieved June 10, 2014.

Further reading

See also: List of books about Franklin County, Kansas
  • Fitzgerald, Daniel. Ghost Towns of Kansas 6. 2009.

External links

Municipalities and communities of Franklin County, Kansas, United States
County seat: Ottawa
Cities
Map of Kansas highlighting Franklin County
Map of Kansas highlighting Franklin County
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Unincorporated
communities
Ghost towns
Townships
Footnotes†This community is designated a Census-Designated Place (CDP) by the United States Census Bureau.
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