Welcome to Upola ...
Although we found mention of Upola during our research, we have little information about it.<1> We believe that Upola 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 Upola to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Upola, please Contact Us.
We aren't confident of the location of Upola, so consider the above location as an estimate.<2>
While we don't have a date for the founding of Upola, you might consider that their post office opened in 1887.
Upola is 990 feet [302 m] above sea level.<3>.
Time Zone: The area where we believe that Upola might be (or was) located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
We believe that Upola would be found within the (620) area code.
Communities near Upola ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Upola.
- Neodesha
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Neodesha have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neodesha
- Neodesha is located in Wilson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,211 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Neodesha <5>
- Fredonia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fredonia have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
- Fredonia is located in Wilson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,182 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fredonia <5>
- Howard
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard
- Howard is located in Elk County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 600 people
- Former name for Howard:
- Howard City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Howard <5>
- Moline
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moline have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moline
- Moline is located in Elk County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 319 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moline <5>
- Longton
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longton
- Longton is located in Elk County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 306 people
- Former name for Longton:
- Elk Rapids
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Longton <5>
- Elk City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk City
- Elk City is located in Montgomery County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 289 people
- Severy
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Severy
- Severy is located in Greenwood County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 224 people
- Fall River
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fall River have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall River
- Fall River is located in Greenwood County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 142 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fall River <5>
- Elk Falls
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Falls
- Elk Falls is located in Elk County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elk Falls <5>
- New Albany
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Albany have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Albany
- New Albany is located in Wilson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 50 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 Upola. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Upola.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Upola. 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 Upola.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Upola. See our Newspapers Page for Upola.
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Upola ...
Looking for more information about Upola? 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 Upola, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Upola.
Adding Upola to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Upola 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 Upola was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
From that list, the Upola post office opened in 1887.
We also found Upola in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Upola.
Off-the-Road Links ...
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 south past Upola and then turned east". While Upola could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Upola 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 Miller Creek to see Pete ... Miller 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 Upola 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> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <3> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Upola - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |