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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]
There are generally two widely accepted versions of a postal code: a ZIP code and a ZIP + 4 code. Established in 1963, ZIP codes are the most common and recognizable postal code used by the USPS.
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.
The first post office in Chetopa was established in April 1867. [8] In 1880, Postmaster J.M. Cavaness petitioned the removal of the ending “h” in the original spelling to become Chetopa. [9] Chetopa was the destination of the Nevada and Minden Railway, completed in 1886. [10]
Hillsdale is located near U.S. Route 169 and K-7 6 miles (9.7 km) ... was renamed Hillsdale in April 1870, [5] and still has a post office with ZIP code 66036. [6]
Columbus was a railroad junction for the Saint Louis and San Francisco, and the Missouri, Kansas, and Texas railroads. It was named Columbus by A.L. Peters, one of the European-American founders, for his hometown of Columbus, Ohio; the name thus indirectly honors Christopher Columbus, the explorer. [7] [8] Coal, lead and zinc were mined in the ...