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Some claim the new name was selected to honor the Apostle Paul, but it was most probably selected in honor of St. Paul of the Cross, founder of the Passionists, who had just then established a home in Osage Mission. [citation needed] The name of the post office was officially changed from Osage Mission to Saint Paul in May 1895. [7]
Shawnee Mission / ʃ ɔː n i ˈ m ɪ ʃ ən / is a region of northern Johnson County, Kansas, part of the Kansas City metropolitan area in the United States. Since August 1, 1960, the United States Postal Service has used the name to denote a large postal coverage area (ZIP Codes 662xx) at the northeastern tip of Johnson County.
Oswego is located on the site of an Osage village called No tse Wa spe, which means "Heart Stays" or more loosely translated, "Quiet Heart." [4] Jesuit Missionaries from Osage Mission (now St. Paul, Kansas) who worked among the Osages called the village "Little Town," probably because the band of Osages who lived in the village were of the "Little Osage" division of the Osage People.
ZIP code: 67448. Area code: 785: FIPS code: 20-29250 [1] GNIS ID: 476963 [1] Website: ... The Gypsum post office has operated under that name since 1886. [6] Geography
The post office was established March 18, 1902. [3] The USPS discontinued service to Marienthal in 2011; the post office was officially closed in 2017. [4] Marienthal now consists of roughly 100 people, a Catholic church, [5] a flour mill, [6] a substance abuse treatment center, a trucking company, a bar and a grain elevator.
Some of the first names to appear in the area were Phelan, Corrigan, Schepmann, and Siemsen as noted in the St. Peter Lutheran Church's earliest records. [5] The first post office in Holyrood was established in June 1874, but the name of the post office was spelled Hollyrood. The name was changed on July 26, 1898.
The longtime building where Hen Feathers and a few other businesses used to be at the northeast corner of Douglas and Rock Road was demolished this week to make room for a new 7 Brew Coffee.
The first post office in Stilwell was established in June 1888 and the population of Aubry eventually declined. [4] It was renamed to Stilwell in 1889. [ 5 ] Like many towns along the line to the Gulf of Mexico , it is named for Arthur Stilwell , founder of what became the Kansas City Southern Railroad .