Welcome to Saint Francis ...
So far, we found very little information about Saint Francis. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Saint Francis to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Saint Francis - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Saint Francis, please Contact Us.
While we don't have the exact location of Saint Francis , we believe that it would have been located within present day Brown County<2>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Saint Francis, you might consider that their post office opened in 1871.
A typical abbreviation for Saint Francis: St. Francis
Time Zone: The area where Saint Francis was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
The Area Code where Saint Francis was located: 785
Communities Also Named Saint Francis ...
While we believe that this Saint Francis is located in Brown County, we know of another 2 Kansas communities named Saint Francis. Those communities are located in the following counties: Cheyenne and Marion County.
Beyond Kansas, there are 16 communities that are also named Saint Francis - they are located in Alberta, Arkansas (2), California, Florida, Kentucky, Maine, Minnesota (3), Ohio, South Dakota, Texas and Wisconsin.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Saint Francis.
Adding Saint Francis 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 Saint Francis was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>
X2X - From that list, the Saint Francis post office opened in 1871.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Saint Francis.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Brown County: www.brown.kansasgov.com/
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 Saint Francis, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |