Welcome to Mingona ...
Although we found mention of Mingona during our research, we have little information about it.<1> We believe that Mingona had a post office at one time. We have done a cursory search and haven't been able to find any evidence that the community still exists..
We've added Mingona to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Mingona, please Contact Us.
The location of Mingona has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>
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.<3>.
Time Zone: The area where we believe that Mingona might be (or was) located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
We believe that Mingona would be found within the (620) area code.
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)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medicine Lodge
- Medicine Lodge is located in Barber County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,804 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Medicine Lodge <4>
- Sharon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east) - Sawyer
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north) - Isabel
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast) - Coats
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest) - Nashville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast) - Sun City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sun City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun City
- Sun City is located in Barber County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 47 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sun City <4>
- Elm Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north) - Lake City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
- Lake City is located in Barber County
- 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 for Mingona was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>
From that list, the Mingona post office opened in 1885.
We also found Mingona in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Mingona.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of Kansas: https://portal.kansas.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer. For example, we might find a sentence like "He went north past Mingona and then turned east". While Mingona could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Mingona as a placeholder with the hope that we'll be able to add more information in the future. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Mingona could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <3> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Mingona - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |