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Welcome to Menoken ...

Menoken is located in Shawnee County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Menoken, you might consider that their post office opened in 1877.

Menoken is 890 feet [271 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Menoken: 785

Communities Also Named Menoken ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Menoken - they are located in Colorado, North Dakota and Washington.

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

Communities near Menoken ...

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

  • Topeka
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Topeka is located in Shawnee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topeka
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 124,558 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Topeka <3>
  • Saint Marys
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Silver Lake
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Carbondale
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Carbondale is located in Osage County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbondale
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,347 people
  • Auburn
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Auburn is located in Shawnee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,203 people
  • Rossville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Perry
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Perry is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 908 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Perry <3>
  • Meriden
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Lecompton
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Hoyt
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Hoyt is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoyt
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 629 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hoyt <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 Menoken. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Menoken.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Menoken ...

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

Adding Menoken to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Menoken post office opened in 1877. The Menoken post office closed in 1910.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Menoken.

Footnotes ...

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