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{{Short description|Unincorporated community in Labette County, Kansas}}
{{Short description|Unincorporated community in Labette County, Kansas}}
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|area_code = [[Area code 620|620]]
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'''Dennis''' is a [[census-designated place]] (CDP) in [[Labette County, Kansas|Labette County]], [[Kansas]], [[United States]].<ref name="GNIS"/> As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the population was 152.<ref name="Census-2020-Profile">{{cite web |title=Profile of Dennis, Kansas (CDP) in 2020 |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US2017675 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=June 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220610210318/https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US2017675 |archive-date=June 10, 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref>
'''Dennis''' is an [[Unincorporated area|unincorporated community]] in [[Labette County, Kansas|Labette County]], [[Kansas]], United States.


==History==
==History==
Dennis had its start in the early 1880s by the building of the [[List of predecessors of the St. Louis–San Francisco Railway|Memphis, Kansas and Colorado Railroad]] through that territory.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_o8X5krq3fP8C | title=Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Embracing Events, Institutions, Industries, Counties, Cities, Towns, Prominent Persons, Etc. | publisher=Standard Publishing Company | author=Blackmar, Frank Wilson | year=1912 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_o8X5krq3fP8C/page/n504 508]}}</ref> The first post office in Dennis was established in May 1881.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.kshs.org/geog/geog_postoffices/search/page:1/county:LB | title=Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961 | publisher=Kansas Historical Society | accessdate=12 June 2014}}</ref>
Dennis had its start in the early 1880s by the building of the [[List of predecessors of the St. Louis–San Francisco Railway|Memphis, Kansas and Colorado Railroad]] through that territory.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_o8X5krq3fP8C | title=Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Embracing Events, Institutions, Industries, Counties, Cities, Towns, Prominent Persons, Etc. | publisher=Standard Publishing Company | author=Blackmar, Frank Wilson | year=1912 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_o8X5krq3fP8C/page/n504 508]}}</ref> The first post office in Dennis was established in May 1881.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.kshs.org/geog/geog_postoffices/search/page:1/county:LB | title=Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961 | publisher=Kansas Historical Society | accessdate=12 June 2014}}</ref>


The nearby ''Big Hill Archeological District'' is on the National Register of Historic Places.
The nearby [[Big Hill Archeological District]] is on the National Register of Historic Places.


==Demographics==
==Demographics==
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==Education==
==Education==
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==External links==
==External links==
* Labette County Maps: [http://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/county-pdf/labette.PDF Current], [http://www.ksdot.org/bureaus/burtransplan/maps/PastPublishedCounty.asp Historic], KDOT
* Labette County maps: [https://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/county-pdf/labette.PDF Current], [https://www.ksdot.org/bureaus/burtransplan/maps/PastPublishedCounty.asp Historic], KDOT


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[[Category:Unincorporated communities in Labette County, Kansas]]
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[[Category:Unincorporated communities in Kansas]]
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Latest revision as of 11:59, 22 August 2024

Dennis, Kansas
CDP
KDOT map of Labette County (legend)
KDOT map of Labette County (legend)
Dennis is located in Kansas
Dennis
Dennis
Dennis is located in the United States
Dennis
Dennis
Coordinates: 37°20′49″N 95°24′46″W / 37.34694°N 95.41278°W / 37.34694; -95.41278[1]
CountryUnited States
StateKansas
CountyLabette
Founded1880s
Elevation
[1]
929 ft (283 m)
Population
 (2020)[2]
 • Total
152
Time zoneUTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code620
FIPS code20-17675 [1]
GNIS ID2804492 [1]

Dennis is a census-designated place (CDP) in Labette County, Kansas, United States.[1] As of the 2020 census, the population was 152.[2]

History

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Dennis had its start in the early 1880s by the building of the Memphis, Kansas and Colorado Railroad through that territory.[3] The first post office in Dennis was established in May 1881.[4]

The nearby Big Hill Archeological District is on the National Register of Historic Places.

Demographics

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Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
2020152—
U.S. Decennial Census

Education

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The community is served by Labette County USD 506 public school district.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Dennis, Kansas", Geographic Names Information System, United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior
  2. ^ a b "Profile of Dennis, Kansas (CDP) in 2020". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on June 10, 2022. Retrieved June 10, 2022.
  3. ^ Blackmar, Frank Wilson (1912). Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Embracing Events, Institutions, Industries, Counties, Cities, Towns, Prominent Persons, Etc. Standard Publishing Company. pp. 508.
  4. ^ "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961". Kansas Historical Society. Retrieved June 12, 2014.

Further reading

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See also: List of books about Labette County, Kansas
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