Clonmel, Kansas

Clonmel is an unincorporated community in Illinois Township, Sedgwick County, Kansas United States.

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KDOT map of Sedgwick County (legend)
Coordinates: 37°33′46″N 97°33′14″W / 37.56278°N 97.55389°W / 37.56278; -97.55389Coordinates: 37°33′46″N 97°33′14″W / 37.56278°N 97.55389°W / 37.56278; -97.55389
CountryUnited States
StateKansas
CountySedgwick
Elevation
1,371 ft (418 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
67149
GNIS ID484677

History

Clonmel was a train station on the Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway.[1]

The first post office in Clonmel opened in 1905. It closed in 1938.[2] It was named after Clonmel in Ireland.[3]

References

  1. Blackmar, Frank Wilson (1912). Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Embracing Events, Institutions, Industries, Counties, Cities, Towns, Prominent Persons, Etc. Standard Publishing Company. p. 370. ISBN 9780722249055.
  2. "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961". Kansas Historical Society. Archived from the original on October 9, 2013. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
  3. Stewart, George R. (1970). American place-names; a concise and selective dictionary for the continental United States of America. New York: Oxford University Press.

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