Welcome to Le Loup ...

Le Loup is located in Franklin County<1>.

The location of Le Loup has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Le Loup, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1879.

Le Loup is 950 feet [290 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

The telephone area code for Le Loup: (785)

Communities near Le Loup ...

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

• Lawrence
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrence
  • Lawrence is located in Douglas County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 98,448 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lawrence <4>
• Gardner
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gardner have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardner
  • Gardner is located in Johnson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 22,370 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gardner <4>
• Ottawa
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottawa
  • Ottawa is located in Franklin County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,334 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ottawa <4>
• Spring Hill
  (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill
  • Spring Hill is located in Johnson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,871 people
  • Spring Hill has also been known as:
  • Spring Hill Station
  • Springfield
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Spring Hill <4>
• Eudora
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eudora
  • Eudora is located in Douglas County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,393 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eudora <4>
• Paola
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paola
  • Paola is located in Miami County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,664 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Paola <4>
• Baldwin City
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Baldwin City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwin City
  • Baldwin City is located in Douglas County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,689 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Baldwin City <4>
• Osawatomie
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osawatomie
  • Osawatomie is located in Miami County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,223 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Osawatomie <4>
• Wellsville
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wellsville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellsville
  • Wellsville is located in Franklin County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,784 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wellsville <4>
• Edgerton
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Edgerton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgerton
  • Edgerton is located in Johnson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,773 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Edgerton <4>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Le Loup ...

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

Adding Le Loup to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Le Loup 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 Le Loup was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Le Loup post office opened in 1879.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Le Loup.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Le Loup. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

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