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Welcome to Mingona ...

Mingona is located in Barber County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Mingona, you might consider that their post office opened in 1885.

Mingona is 1,570 feet [479 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Mingona: 620

Communities near Mingona ...

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

  • Medicine Lodge
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Sharon
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Sharon is located in Barber County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 142 people
    • Former name for Sharon:
    • Bible Valley
  • Sawyer
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Isabel
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Isabel is located in Barber County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isabel
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
  • Coats
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Coats is located in Pratt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coats
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 75 people
  • Nashville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Sun City
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Elm Mills
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Elm Mills is located in Barber County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Mills
  • Lake City
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Pixley
    (12 miles [19.3 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 Mingona. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Mingona.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Mingona ...

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

Adding Mingona to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Mingona in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Mingona was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Mingona post office opened in 1885. The Mingona post office closed in 1893.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Mingona.

Footnotes ...

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