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Welcome to Ulysses ...The city of Ulysses is located in Grant County<1> and is the County Seat for Grant County. While we don't have a date for the founding of Ulysses, you might consider that their post office opened in 1886. The origin (or the toponymy) of Ulysses: Named for General Ulysses S. Grant. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Ulysses has a population of 5,596 people<2> (see below for details). Ulysses is 3,050 feet [930 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Ulysses is about ½ mile above sea level. Time Zone: Ulysses lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you travel west from Ulysses (for example, toward Walsh (CO)), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT). The telephone area code for Ulysses: (620) The ZIP code for Ulysses: 67880<4> Websites for Ulysses ...Official Website: www.cityofulysses.com/ Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Ulysses had an population of 5,596 people. This is a decrease of 9.17% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 6.11% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Ulysses had a population of 6,161 people (which is 78.69% of the total population of Grant County). This makes Ulysses the county's most populous community. The population of Ulysses represents 0.22% of the population of Kansas (which has 2,853,118 people), making it the state's 51st most populous community. With a 2010 count of 6,161 people, the population of Ulysses increased 3.37% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 5,960 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Ulysses. Communities Also Named Ulysses ...While we believe that this Ulysses is located in Grant County, we know of another 4 Kansas communities named Ulysses. Those communities are located in the following counties: Clark, Hamilton, Lincoln and Mitchell County. Beyond Kansas, there are 9 communities that are also named Ulysses - they are located in Idaho, Kentucky, Nebraska, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Ulysses. Communities near Ulysses ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Ulysses.
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 Ulysses. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Ulysses. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Ulysses. 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 Ulysses. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Ulysses. Our list includes 10 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Ulysses. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Ulysses ...Looking for more information about Ulysses? 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. In addition to the Tourism page for Ulysses, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Ulysses. Adding Ulysses to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Ulysses 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 Ulysses was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<8> We also found Ulysses in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Ulysses. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Ulysses: www.cityofulysses.com/ The official website for Grant County: www.grantcoks.org/ The official website for State of Kansas: https://portal.kansas.gov/ Footnotes ...
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