Kendall, Kansas Explained

Kendall, Kansas
Settlement Type:Unincorporated community
Image Map1:Map of Hamilton Co, Ks, USA.png
Map Caption1:KDOT map of Hamilton County (legend)
Pushpin Map:Kansas#USA
Pushpin Label:Kendall
Pushpin Label Position:right
Coordinates:37.9347°N -101.5461°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Kansas
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Hamilton
Subdivision Type3:Township
Established Title:Founded
Established Title1:Platted
Unit Pref:Imperial
Elevation Ft:3140
Population Density Sq Mi:auto
Timezone:Mountain (MST)
Utc Offset:-7
Timezone Dst:MDT
Utc Offset Dst:-6
Postal Code Type:ZIP code
Postal Code:67857
Area Code Type:Area code
Area Code:620
Blank Name:FIPS code
Blank Info:20-36400
Blank1 Name:GNIS ID
Blank1 Info:471586

Kendall is an unincorporated community in Hamilton County, Kansas, United States. It is located near U.S. Route 50 approximately 12miles southeast of Syracuse.

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.[1]

Education

The community is served by Syracuse USD 494 public school district, located in the city of Syracuse.

Kendall schools were closed through school unification. The Kendall High School mascot was Kendall Bobcats.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Buffalo Jones. h-net.msu.edu. September 4, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20120306074551/http://h-net.msu.edu/cgi-bin/logbrowse.pl?trx=vx&list=h-shgape&month=0008&week=c&msg=4ZaC2nPza053qdx7jtInAg&user=&pw=. March 6, 2012. dead.
  2. "Kendall Downs Russell Springs", Garden City Telegram, 6 January 1966, p.5.