Welcome to Saint Nicholas ...
So far, we found very little information about Saint Nicholas. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Saint Nicholas to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Saint Nicholas - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Saint Nicholas, please Contact Us.
While we don't have the exact location of Saint Nicholas , we believe that it would have been located within present day Atchison County<2>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Saint Nicholas, you might consider that their post office opened in 1859.
A typical abbreviation for Saint Nicholas: St. Nicholas
Time Zone: The area where Saint Nicholas was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
The location where Saint Nicholas once stood is in the (913) area code.
Communities Also Named Saint Nicholas ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 6 communities that are also named Saint Nicholas - they are located in Florida, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Prince Edward Island.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Saint Nicholas.
Adding Saint Nicholas to Our Gazetteer ...
The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Saint Nicholas was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>
From that list, the Saint Nicholas post office opened in 1859.
We also found Saint Nicholas in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Saint Nicholas.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Atchison County: www.atchisoncountyks.org/
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 Nicholas, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Kansas' counties, including Atchison, 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/ |