Welcome to Santa Fe ...
So far, we found very little information about Santa Fe. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Santa Fe to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Santa Fe - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Santa Fe, please Contact Us.
While we don't have the exact location of Santa Fe , we believe that it would have been located within present day Haskell County<2>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Santa Fe, you might consider that their post office opened in 1886.
When the people of Santa Fe referred to themselves (known as a demonym), they are believed to have used Santa Fean<3>
Time Zone: The area where Santa Fe was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
The location where Santa Fe once stood is in the (620) area code.
Communities Also Named Santa Fe ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Kansas communities named Santa Fe: This one is located in Haskell County and the other is located in Finney County.
Beyond Kansas, there are 13 communities that are also named Santa Fe - they are located in Colorado (2), Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Texas.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Santa Fe.
Adding Santa Fe to Our Gazetteer ...
The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Santa Fe was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>
From that list, the Santa Fe post office opened in 1886.
We also found Santa Fe in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Santa Fe.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Haskell County: www.haskellcounty.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 Santa Fe, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Kansas' counties, including Haskell, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | A demonym is the name for a resident of a community which is usually derived from (or is related to) the name of that community. In other words, it's how the residents of Santa Fe refer to themselves. It's important to note that there aren't any rules for taking a community's name and turning it into a demonym. A demonym is informal and while the majority of Santa Fe may use one name, keep in mind that others may use something different. |
| <4> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |