Welcome to Eminence ...
So far, we found very little information about Eminence. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Eminence to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Eminence - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Eminence, please Contact Us.
While we don't have the exact location of Eminence , we believe that it would have been located within present day Finney County<2>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Eminence, you might consider that their post office opened in 1887.
Time Zone: The area where Eminence was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Eminence would have been located in the (620) area code.
Going back to its beginning, Eminence was originally named Cuyler. For more information about the names of Eminence, see The Names of Eminence on our Genealogy Page.
Communities Also Named Eminence ...
While we believe that this Eminence is located in Finney County, we know of another 2 Kansas communities named Eminence. Those communities are located in the following counties: Smith and Sumner County.
Beyond Kansas, there are 9 communities that are also named Eminence - they are located in Arkansas, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, New York and Texas.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Eminence.
Adding Eminence to Our Gazetteer ...
The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Eminence was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>
From that list, the Eminence post office opened in 1887.
We also found Eminence in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Eminence.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Finney County: www.finneycounty.org/
The official website for State of Kansas: https://portal.kansas.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Eminence, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Kansas' counties, including Finney, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |