Kendall, Kansas
Unincorporated community
KDOT map of Hamilton County (legend)
KDOT map of Hamilton County (legend)
Kendall is located in Kansas
Kendall
Kendall
Kendall is located in the United States
Kendall
Kendall
Coordinates: 37°56′05″N 101°32′46″W / 37.93472°N 101.54611°W / 37.93472; -101.54611[1]
CountryUnited States
StateKansas
CountyHamilton
Elevation
[1]
3,140 ft (960 m)
Time zoneUTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP code
67857
Area code620
FIPS code20-36400
GNIS ID471586[1]

Kendall is an unincorporated community in Hamilton County, Kansas, United States.[1] It is located near U.S. Route 50 approximately 12 miles (19 km) southeast of Syracuse.

History

The frontiersman Charles "Buffalo" Jones, who in 1879 had co-founded Garden City, left from Kendall in 1886 on a hunt to try to capture remaining buffalo to prevent their looming extinction.[2]

Education

The community is served by Syracuse USD 494 public school district, located in the city of Syracuse.

Kendall schools were closed through school unification. The Kendall High School mascot was Kendall Bobcats.[3]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Kendall, Kansas
  2. ↑ "Buffalo Jones". h-net.msu.edu. Archived from the original on March 6, 2012. Retrieved September 4, 2010.
  3. ↑ "Kendall Downs Russell Springs", Garden City Telegram, 6 January 1966, p.5.

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