Saint Francis (Brown County, KS) - Tidbits, Odds-and-Ends

Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Saint Francis, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Saint Francis and the surrounding area.

Bird Watching ...
- We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
- The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Brown County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Brown County

Communities Also Named Saint Francis ...

We found sixteen communities that share the name Saint Francis.

There are two communities within Kansas that are also named Saint Francis.

Beyond Kansas, we know of another fourteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these fourteen communities, fifteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

Communities Located In Kansas ...
- Cheyenne County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Saint Francis [Cheyenne County].
- Marion County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Saint Francis [Marion County].

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alberta
  - Please visit our profile page for the Alberta community of Saint Francis.
- Arkansas
  - Clay County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Saint Francis [Clay County].
  - Cross County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Saint Francis [Cross County].
- California
  - Santa Clara County
  - Please visit our profile page for the California community of Saint Francis [Santa Clara County].
- Florida
  - Lake County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Saint Francis [Lake County].
- Kentucky
  - Marion County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Saint Francis [Marion County].
- Maine
  - Aroostook County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Saint Francis [Aroostook County].
- Minnesota
  - Anoka County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Saint Francis [Anoka County].
  - Benton County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Saint Francis [Benton County].
  - Stearns County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Saint Francis [Stearns County].
- Ohio
  - Hamilton County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Saint Francis [Hamilton County].
- South Dakota
  - Todd County
  - Please visit our profile page for the South Dakota community of Saint Francis [Todd County].
- Texas
  - Potter County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Saint Francis [Potter County].
- Wisconsin
  - Milwaukee County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Saint Francis [Milwaukee County].

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 ...

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If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Saint Francis 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.