St. Joseph, Kansas

St. Joseph, Kansas
St. Joseph, Kansas
Unincorporated community
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	Coordinates: 39°30′35″N 97°24′22″W / 39.50972°N 97.40611°WCoordinates: 39°30′35″N 97°24′22″W / 39.50972°N 97.40611°W
Country	United States
State	Kansas
County	Cloud
Founded	1874
Elevation	1,375 ft (419 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code	785
FIPS code	20-62325
GNIS ID	473344

St. Joseph is an unincorporated community in Cloud County, Kansas, United States.^[1]

History[]

St. Joseph was founded after 1874 by its first Catholic pastor, Father Louis-Marie Mollier.^[2] Its inhabitants were originally predominately Roman Catholics of French American heritage.^[3]

St. Joseph had a post office between 1878 and 1901.^[4]

Education[]

The community is served by Clifton-Clyde USD 224 public school district, which has three schools:

Clifton-Clyde Senior High School, located in Clyde.
Clifton-Clyde Middle School, located in Clifton.
Clifton-Clyde Grade School, located in Clifton.

Notable people[]

Louis Mollier (1846-1911), Roman Catholic priest from 1874 to 1911.

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) details for St. Joseph, Kansas; United States Geological Survey (USGS); October 13, 1978.
^ Biographical History of Cloud County, Kansas: Biographies of Representative ... - E. F. Hollibaugh - Google Books. Books.google.com. 1934-05-24. Retrieved 2014-05-19.
^ Robley, T. F. (1894). History of Bourbon County, Kansas: To the Close of 1865. Press of the Monitor book & printing Company. p. 71.
^ "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961". Kansas Historical Society. Retrieved 6 June 2014.

External links[]

A Small Town Clings To Life By Creating A Community Feeling! on YouTube, from Hatteberg's People on KAKE TV news
Cloud County maps: Current, Historic, KDOT

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[GNIS-1] Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) details for St. Joseph, Kansas; United States Geological Survey (USGS); October 13, 1978.

[2] Biographical History of Cloud County, Kansas: Biographies of Representative ... - E. F. Hollibaugh - Google Books. Books.google.com. 1934-05-24. Retrieved 2014-05-19.

[3] Robley, T. F. (1894). History of Bourbon County, Kansas: To the Close of 1865. Press of the Monitor book & printing Company. p. 71.

[4] "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961". Kansas Historical Society. Retrieved 6 June 2014.

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v t Municipalities and communities of Cloud County, Kansas, United States
County seat: Concordia
Cities	Aurora Clyde Concordia Glasco Jamestown Miltonvale Simpson‡
Unincorporated communities	Ames† Hollis Huscher Rice St. Joseph
Ghost towns	Macyville Sibley Yuma
Townships	Arion Aurora Buffalo Center Colfax Elk Grant Lawrence Lincoln Lyon Meredith Nelson Oakland Shirley Sibley Creek Solomon Springs Starr Creek Summit
Footnotes	†This populated place is designated a Census-Designated Place (CDP) by the United States Census Bureau. ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties.
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