Kennekuk is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...
in
Atchison County, Kansas, United States.
History
Kennekuk was
plat
In the United States, a plat ( or ) (plan) is a cadastral map, drawn to scale, showing the divisions of a piece of land. United States General Land Office surveyors drafted township plats of Public Lands Surveys to show the distance and bear ...
ted in 1858. It was named for
Kennekuk, a Kickapoo
medicine man.
A post office was opened in Kennekuk in 1857, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1900.
References
Further reading
External links
* Atchison County maps
CurrentHistoric
KDOT
Unincorporated communities in Atchison County, Kansas
Unincorporated communities in Kansas
1858 establishments in Kansas Territory
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