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Welcome to Mercier ...

Mercier is located in Brown County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Mercier, you might consider that their post office opened in 1918.

Mercier is 1,160 feet [354 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Mercier: 785

Communities Also Named Mercier ...

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

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

Communities near Mercier ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Mercier ...

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

Adding Mercier to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Mercier 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 Mercier was on a map titled Map of Kansas (from Rand McNally, 1911). On this map, Mercier was called Germantown.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Mercier.

Footnotes ...

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