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Welcome to Upland ...

Although we found mention of Upland during our research, we have little information about it.<1> We believe that Upland had a post office at one time. We have done a cursory search and haven't been able to find any evidence that the community still exists..

We've added Upland to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Upland, please Contact Us.


The location of Upland has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>


While we don't have a date for the founding of Upland, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was on a map dated 1911.

Upland is 1,260 feet [384 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where we believe that Upland might be (or was) located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

We believe that Upland would be found within the (785) area code.

Communities Also Named Upland ...

While we believe that this Upland is located in Dickinson County, we know of another 2 Kansas communities named Upland. Those communities are located in the following counties: Jewell and Marshall County.

Beyond Kansas, there are 14 communities that are also named Upland - they are located in California, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Nebraska, Ohio, Pennsylvania (2), Texas, Utah and West Virginia (2).

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Upland.

Communities near Upland ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Upland.

  • Junction City
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Abilene
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Ogden
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Grandview Plaza
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grandview Plaza have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview Plaza
    • Grandview Plaza is located in Geary County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,553 people
  • Chapman
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Riley
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riley
    • Riley is located in Riley County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 955 people
    • Former names for Riley:
    • Riley Center
    • Union
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Riley <4>
  • Wakefield
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Enterprise
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Milford
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Manchester
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester
    • Manchester is located in Dickinson County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 95 people

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 Upland. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Upland.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Upland. 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 Upland.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Upland. See our Newspapers Page for Upland.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Upland ...

Looking for more information about Upland? 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.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Upland, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Upland.

Adding Upland to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Upland 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 Upland was on a map titled Map of Kansas (from Rand McNally, 1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Upland.

The official website for Dickinson County: www.dkcoks.com/

The official website for State of Kansas: https://portal.kansas.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer. For example, we might find a sentence like "He went north past Upland and then turned east". While Upland could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Upland as a placeholder with the hope that we'll be able to add more information in the future.

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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Upland 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.
<2>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Upland - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.




 

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