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Welcome to Lenape ...

Lenape is located in Leavenworth County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Lenape, you might consider that their post office opened in 1868.

Lenape is 780 feet [238 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Lenape: 913

Communities Also Named Lenape ...

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

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

Communities near Lenape ...

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

  • Overland Park
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Kansas City
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Olathe
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Olathe is located in Johnson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olathe
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 141,665 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Olathe <3>
  • Lawrence
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Shawnee
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Lenexa
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Leawood
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Gardner
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Prairie Village
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Lansing
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Lansing is located in Leavenworth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lansing
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,954 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lansing <3>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lenape ...

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

Adding Lenape to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Lenape post office opened in 1868. The Lenape post office closed in 1943.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lenape.

Footnotes ...

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