Angola is an

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, United States.

History

Angola was laid out in 1886. The post office was established January 31, 1887, and discontinued September 16, 1971. The community was served by the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad for many years, however flooding on the

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washed out the railroad bridge in the 1970s and rail traffic was thereafter re-routed, no longer passing through Angola.

Education

The community is served by

Labette County USD 506 Labette County USD 506 is a public unified school district headquartered in Altamont, Kansas, United States. The district includes the communities of Altamont, Angola, Bartlett, Dennis, Edna, Labette, Mound Valley, western and southern Par ...

public school district.

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* Labette County maps
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KDOT Unincorporated communities in Labette County, Kansas Unincorporated communities in Kansas Populated places established in 1887 {{LabetteCountyKS-geo-stub

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