RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of Kansas >> Gove County >> AlanthusIndex...










Learn About
The Commemorative
Quarter for
Kansas


The Commemorative Quarter for Kansas







Welcome to Alanthus ...

So far, we found very little information about Alanthus. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Alanthus to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Alanthus, please Contact Us.


Alanthus would have been located within present day Gove County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Alanthus, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1887.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Alanthus is 2,500 feet [762 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Alanthus is about ½ mile above sea level.

Time Zone: The area where Alanthus was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Code where Alanthus was located: 785

Communities Also Named Alanthus ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Alanthus - they are located in Alabama, Missouri and Virginia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Alanthus.

Communities near Alanthus ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Alanthus.

  • Ransom
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Utica
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Arnold
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Arnold have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnold
    • Arnold is located in Ness County
  • Shields
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shields have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shields
    • Shields is located in Lane County
  • Beeler
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beeler
    • Beeler is located in Ness County
  • Alamota
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alamota have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alamota
    • Alamota is located in Lane County
  • Laird
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Laird. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laird
    • Laird is located in Ness County
  • Trego
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Trego. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trego
    • Trego is located in Trego County
    • Trego has also been known as:
    • Trego Center
    • Trego Tank
  • Dighton
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Ness City
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Alanthus. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Alanthus.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Alanthus. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Alanthus.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Alanthus. See our Newspapers Page for Alanthus.

Adding Alanthus to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Alanthus in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Alanthus was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

X2X - From that list, the Alanthus post office opened in 1887.

We also found Alanthus in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Alanthus.

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 Alanthus, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Kansas' counties, including Gove, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Alanthus - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<6>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<7>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

Copyright 2025
All Rights Reserved

Thank you for visiting our website.

In closing, please keep in mind that we can not guarantee the accuracy or timeliness of the information on this website, so use with care. We encourage you to double-check the information that is critical to you.

If you've found an error or have additional information that you would like to share, please don't hesitate to write: Click here to contact us.

This page was last modified/updated: 28 Apr 2025