Welcome to Allison ...

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

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

Allison would have been located within present day Decatur County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Allison, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1880.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Allison is 2,520 feet [768 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Allison is about ½ mile above sea level.

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

The Area Code where Allison was located: 785

Communities Also Named Allison ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 23 communities that are also named Allison - they are located in Alabama (2), Arkansas, California, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Mexico (2), North Carolina, Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Texas (3), Virginia and Washington.

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

Communities near Allison ...

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

• Hoxie
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoxie
  • Hoxie is located in Sheridan County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,191 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hoxie <4>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Hoxie
  • From Allison to Hoxie
• Lenora
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lenora have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenora
  • Lenora is located in Norton County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 229 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lenora <4>
• Selden
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selden
  • Selden is located in Sheridan County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 211 people
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Selden
  • From Allison to Selden
• Morland
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Morland have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morland
  • Morland is located in Graham County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Morland <4>
• Norcatur
  (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norcatur
  • Norcatur is located in Decatur County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 142 people
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Norcatur
  • From Allison to Norcatur
• Jennings
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jennings
  • Jennings is located in Decatur County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 90 people
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Jennings
  • From Allison to Jennings
• Clayton
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clayton have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton
  • Clayton is located in Norton County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
• Dresden
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dresden
  • Dresden is located in Decatur County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 39 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dresden <4>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Dresden
  • From Allison to Dresden
• Leoville
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leoville have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leoville
  • Leoville is located in Decatur County
• Clayton
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton
  • Clayton is located in Riley County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Clayton
  • From Allison to Clayton

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 Allison. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Allison.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Allison. 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 Allison.

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

Adding Allison to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Allison 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 Allison was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

X2X - From that list, the Allison post office opened in 1880.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Allison.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for State of Kansas: https://portal.kansas.gov/