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Welcome to Voda ...

Voda is located in Trego County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Voda, you might consider that their post office opened in 1904.

Voda is 2,540 feet [774 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Voda is about ½ mile above sea level.

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

Area Code for Voda: 785

Communities near Voda ...

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

  • WaKeeney
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Quinter
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Park
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Park is located in Gove County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 109 people
  • Collyer
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Collyer is located in Trego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collyer
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
  • Saint Peter
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Saint Peter is located in Graham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Peter
  • Trego
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Trego is located in Trego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trego
    • Trego has also been known as:
    • Trego Center
    • Trego Tank
  • Ogallah
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Ogallah is located in Trego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogallah
  • Morland
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
  • Penokee
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Penokee is located in Graham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penokee
  • Studley
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Studley is located in Sheridan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Studley

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Voda ...

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

Adding Voda to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Voda 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 Voda was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Voda post office opened in 1904. The Voda post office closed in 1913.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Voda.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kansas' counties, including Trego, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Voda - 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/