Englevale, Kansas
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Englevale is an
unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
in Lincoln Township,
Crawford County, Kansas Crawford County is a county located in Southeast Kansas. Its county seat is Girard, and its most populous city is Pittsburg. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 38,972. The county was named in honor of Samuel Crawford, the ...
, United States.


History

Englevale was laid out in the fall of 1890. It was named for Dan Engle, the original owner of the town site. The post office in the community was established on 14 January 1891 and discontinued on 30 June 1954. Its name was originally "Calvin." The town was a stop on the
Missouri Pacific Railroad The Missouri Pacific Railroad , commonly abbreviated as MoPac, was one of the first railroads in the United States west of the Mississippi River. MoPac was a Class I railroad growing from dozens of predecessors and mergers. In 1967, the railroad o ...
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* Crawford County maps
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KDOT Unincorporated communities in Crawford County, Kansas Unincorporated communities in Kansas {{CrawfordCountyKS-geo-stub