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Kennekuk is an unincorporated community in Atchison County, Kansas, United States.

History

Kennekuk was platted 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

1. "Kennekuk, Kansas", Geographic Names Information System, United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior
2. History of the State of Kansas: Containing a Full Account of Its Growth from an Uninhabited Territory to a Wealthy and Important State. A. T. Andreas. 1883. p. 411.
3. Blackmar, Frank Wilson (1912). Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History. Standard Publishing Company. pp. 67.
4. "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961 (archived)". Kansas Historical Society. Archived from the original on October 9, 2013. Retrieved June 4, 2014.

Further reading

External links

• Atchison County maps: Current, Historic, KDOT

v t e Municipalities and communities of Atchison County, Kansas, United States
County seat: Atchison
Cities	Atchison Effingham Huron Lancaster Muscotah
Unincorporated communities	Arrington Cummings Eden Farmington Good Intent Kennekuk Larkinburg‡ Monrovia Oak Mills Parnell Port Williams Potter St. Pats Shannon
Indian reservations	Kickapoo Indian Reservation of Kansas‡
Ghost towns	Mount Pleasant Pardee
Townships	Benton Center Grasshopper Kapioma Lancaster Mount Pleasant Shannon Walnut
Footnotes	‡This community also has portions in an adjacent county or counties.
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39°31′07″N 95°18′35″W / 39.51861°N 95.30972°W / 39.51861; -95.30972

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