Welcome to Novelty ...

So far, we found very little information about Novelty. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Novelty to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Novelty - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Novelty, please Contact Us.

While we don't have the exact location of Novelty , we believe that it would have been located within present day Montgomery County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Novelty, you might consider that their post office opened in 1876.

If Novelty still existed, it would have been in the (620) area code.

Communities Also Named Novelty ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Kansas communities named Novelty: This one is located in Montgomery County and the other is located in Miami County.

Beyond Kansas, there are 6 communities that are also named Novelty - they are located in California, Missouri, Ohio, Virginia and Washington.

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

Adding Novelty to Our Gazetteer ...

As we work on our Gazetteer, we occasionally find mention of a community that is new to us. When we find such a community, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope of adding more information in the future.

The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Novelty was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

From that list, the Novelty post office opened in 1876.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Novelty.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for State of Kansas: https://portal.kansas.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>	We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Novelty, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>	If you're interested in how the shape of Kansas' counties, including Montgomery, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/