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Welcome to Denmark ...

Denmark is located in Lincoln County<1>.

Denmark was established in 1869.

Denmark is 1,410 feet [430 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Denmark: 785

Communities Also Named Denmark ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 27 communities that are also named Denmark - they are located in Arkansas, Georgia (2), Illinois (2), Indiana (2), Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, New York (2), North Carolina, Nova Scotia, Ohio (3), Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee (2), Texas, Virginia and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Denmark ...

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

  • Lincoln Center
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Lucas
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Sylvan Grove
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Sylvan Grove is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvan Grove
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 269 people
    • Sylvan Grove has also been known as:
    • Sylvan Grove Station
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sylvan Grove <3>
  • Tipton
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Beverly
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Beverly is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 146 people
  • Barnard
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Barnard is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnard
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 64 people
  • Hunter
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Quartzite
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Blue Hill
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Blue Hill is located in Mitchell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Hill
  • Milo
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Denmark ...

Looking for more information about Denmark? 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 Denmark, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Denmark.

Adding Denmark to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Denmark 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 Denmark was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Denmark post office opened in 1872. The Denmark post office closed in 1954.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Denmark.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kansas' counties, including Lincoln, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Denmark - 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/