Welcome to Padonia ...

Padonia is located in Brown County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Padonia, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1857.

Padonia is 930 feet [283 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

The area code for Padonia: (785)

Communities Also Named Padonia ...

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

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

Communities near Padonia ...

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

• Falls City
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Falls City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls City
  • Falls City is located in Richardson County (NE)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,076 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Falls City <4>
• Hiawatha
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiawatha
  • Hiawatha is located in Brown County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,091 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hiawatha <4>
• Sabetha
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sabetha
  • Sabetha is located in Nemaha County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,552 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sabetha <4>
• Horton
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horton
  • Horton is located in Brown County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,668 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Horton <4>
• Highland
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Highland have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
  • Highland is located in Doniphan County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 986 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Highland <4>
• Everest
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everest
  • Everest is located in Brown County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 272 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Everest <4>
• Fairview
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
  • Fairview is located in Brown County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 246 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fairview <4>
• Morrill
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Morrill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrill
  • Morrill is located in Brown County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 225 people
• Robinson
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson
  • Robinson is located in Brown County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 223 people
• White Cloud
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for White Cloud have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Cloud
  • White Cloud is located in Doniphan County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 165 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Padonia ...

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

Adding Padonia to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Padonia 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 for Padonia was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Padonia post office opened in 1857.

We also found Padonia in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Padonia.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Padonia. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Brown County: www.brown.kansasgov.com/

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