Welcome to Sheridan ...
So far, we found very little information about Sheridan. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Sheridan to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Sheridan - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Sheridan, please Contact Us.
While we don't have the exact location of Sheridan , we believe that it would have been located within present day Sheridan County<2>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Sheridan, you might consider that their post office opened in 1876.
Time Zone: The area where Sheridan was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
If Sheridan still existed, it would have been in the (785) area code.
Communities Also Named Sheridan ...
While we believe that this Sheridan is located in Sheridan County, we know of another 3 Kansas communities named Sheridan. Those communities are located in the following counties: Greenwood, Sedgwick and Wallace County.
Beyond Kansas, there are 44 communities that are also named Sheridan - they are located in Arkansas, California (2), Colorado, Florida (2), Illinois, Indiana (2), Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Michigan (2), Missouri, Montana, Nebraska (2), Nevada, New Mexico, New York, Ohio (2), Oklahoma (2), Oregon, Pennsylvania (4), South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas (2), Utah, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Sheridan.
Adding Sheridan 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 Sheridan was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>
From that list, the Sheridan post office opened in 1876.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Sheridan.
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 Sheridan, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Kansas' counties, including Sheridan, 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/ |