RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of Kansas >> Marshall County >> VlietsIndex...

Welcome to Vliets ...

Vliets is located in Marshall County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Vliets, you might consider that their post office opened in 1887.

Vliets is 1,160 feet [354 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Vliets lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Vliets: 785

Communities near Vliets ...

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

  • Marysville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Seneca
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Blue Rapids
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Frankfort
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Frankfort is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frankfort
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 689 people
  • Onaga
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Onaga is located in Pottawatomie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onaga
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 679 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Onaga <3>
  • Centralia
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Axtell
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Axtell is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Axtell
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 399 people
  • Beattie
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Beattie is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beattie
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 188 people
  • Corning
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Havensville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Vliets ...

Looking for more information about Vliets? 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 Vliets, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Vliets.

Adding Vliets to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Vliets 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 (so far) for Vliets was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Vliets post office opened in 1887. The Vliets post office closed in 1988.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Vliets.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kansas' counties, including Marshall, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Vliets - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/