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Welcome to Centropolis ...

Centropolis is located in Franklin County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Centropolis, you might consider that their post office opened in 1858.

Centropolis is 960 feet [293 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Centropolis lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Centropolis: 785

Communities Also Named Centropolis ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Centropolis - it's located in Missouri.

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

Communities near Centropolis ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Centropolis ...

Looking for more information about Centropolis? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Centropolis, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Centropolis.

Adding Centropolis to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Centropolis 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 (so far) for Centropolis was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Centropolis post office opened in 1858. The Centropolis post office closed in 1930.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Centropolis.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kansas' counties, including Franklin, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Centropolis - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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