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Welcome to Kanona ...

Kanona is located in Decatur County<1>.

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

Kanona is 2,710 feet [826 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Kanona is about ½ mile above sea level.

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

Area Code for Kanona: 785

Communities Also Named Kanona ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Kanona - it's located in New York.

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

Communities near Kanona ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Kanona ...

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

Adding Kanona to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Kanona post office opened in 1887.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Kanona.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kansas' counties, including Decatur, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Kanona - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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