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Welcome to Wakarusa ...So far, we found very little information about Wakarusa. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Wakarusa to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Wakarusa - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Wakarusa, please Contact Us. While we don't have the exact location of Wakarusa , we believe that it would have been located within present day Douglas County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Wakarusa, you might consider that their post office opened in 1857. Time Zone: The area where Wakarusa was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time The location where Wakarusa once stood is in the (785) area code. Communities Also Named Wakarusa ...While we believe that this Wakarusa is located in Douglas County, we know of another 2 Kansas communities named Wakarusa. Those communities are located in the following counties: Osage and Shawnee County. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Wakarusa. Adding Wakarusa to Our Gazetteer ...As we work on our Gazetteer, we occasionally find mention of a community that is new to us. When we find such a community, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope of adding more information in the future. The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Wakarusa was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3> For more details, see References and Mentions for Wakarusa. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Douglas County: www.douglas-county.com/ The official website for State of Kansas: https://portal.kansas.gov/ Footnotes ...
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