Mooney Creek 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 northeastern
Jefferson County, Kansas
Jefferson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. Its county seat and most populous city is Oskaloosa. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 18,368. The county was named after Thomas Jefferson, the 3rd president ...
, United States. It is named for Mooney Creek, a right-hand tributary of
Big Stranger Creek.
History
The first settler was said to be a man named Thomas Mooney, who arrived there not long after the
Kansas Territory
The Territory of Kansas was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from May 30, 1854, until January 29, 1861, when the eastern portion of the territory was admitted to the United States, Union as the Slave and ...
was opened up for settlement in 1854.
The first
Catholic Church
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in the area, Corpus Christi, was founded as a mission parish in 1857 and held services in the homes of parishioners, with the first church built in 1872.
The present church was built in 1907 and still stands today.
Demographics
Mooney Creek is part of the
Topeka, Kansas
Topeka ( ) is the capital city of the U.S. state of Kansas and the county seat of Shawnee County. It is along the Kansas River in the central part of Shawnee County, in northeastern Kansas, in the Central United States. As of the 2020 cen ...
Metropolitan Statistical Area.
References
Further reading
External links
* Jefferson County maps
CurrentHistoric
KDOT
German-American culture in Kansas
Unincorporated communities in Jefferson County, Kansas
Unincorporated communities in Kansas
Topeka metropolitan area, Kansas
1854 establishments in Kansas Territory
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