Welcome to Manila ...

So far, we found very little information about Manila. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Manila to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Manila - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Manila, please Contact Us.

While we don't have the exact location of Manila , we believe that it would have been located within present day Ford County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Manila, you might consider that their post office opened in 1898.

The location where Manila once stood is in the (620) area code.

Communities Also Named Manila ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 12 communities that are also named Manila - they are located in Alabama (2), Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Kentucky, Missouri, Tennessee, Texas, Utah and West Virginia.

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

Adding Manila to Our Gazetteer ...

As we work on our Gazetteer, we occasionally find mention of a community that is new to us. When we find such a community, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope of adding more information in the future.

The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Manila was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

From that list, the Manila post office opened in 1898.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Manila.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Ford County: www.fordcounty.net/

The official website for State of Kansas: https://portal.kansas.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>	We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Manila, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>	If you're interested in how the shape of Kansas' counties, including Ford, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/