Do you know of Kennebec ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Kennebec. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Kennebec.

We found mention of Kennebec as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Russell County, Kansas.

It's common that the post office is named the same as the community in which it's located (although that's not always case). In this case, we can't match this post office to any of the existing communities in our gazetteer.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1874 and closed  in 1891.

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.

Communities Also Named Kennebec ...

We found six communities that share the name Kennebec.

Within Kansas, the name Kennebec is unique.

Beyond Kansas, we know of another six communities that are located throughout in the United States.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Iowa
    • Monona County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Kennebec [Monona County].
  • Kentucky
    • Franklin County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Kennebec [Franklin County].
  • Maine
    • Kennebec County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Kennebec [Kennebec County].
    • Washington County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Kennebec [Washington County].
  • North Carolina
    • Wake County
    • Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Kennebec [Wake County].
  • South Dakota
    • Lyman County
    • Please visit our profile page for the South Dakota community of Kennebec [Lyman County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Kennebec ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Kennebec:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

More Orphans in  Russell County ...

Can you help?

As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Russell County.