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Welcome to Mantey ...

Mantey is located in Linn County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Mantey, you might consider that their post office opened in 1894.

Mantey is 880 feet [268 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Mantey: 913

Communities near Mantey ...

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

  • Fort Scott
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Fort Scott is located in Bourbon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Scott
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,648 people
    • Fort Scott has also been known as:
    • Fort Scott City
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fort Scott <3>
  • Pleasanton
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Mound City
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Hume
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Hume is located in Bates County (MO)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hume
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 315 people
  • Bronson
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Prescott
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Prescott is located in Linn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prescott
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 268 people
  • Blue Mound
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Uniontown
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Uniontown is located in Bourbon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 261 people
  • Amoret
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Amoret is located in Bates County (MO)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amoret
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 181 people
  • Fulton
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Mantey ...

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

Adding Mantey to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Mantey post office opened in 1894. The Mantey post office closed in 1905.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Mantey.

Footnotes ...

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