Marienthal, Kansas

Marienthal, Kansas
census-designated place
Marienthal, Kansas Location within the state of Kansas
Coordinates: 38°29′15″N 101°12′47″W / 38.48750°N 101.21306°W / 38.48750; -101.21306Coordinates: 38°29′15″N 101°12′47″W / 38.48750°N 101.21306°W / 38.48750; -101.21306^[1]
Country	United States
State	Kansas
County	Wichita
Elevation^[1]	3,215 ft (980 m)
Time zone	Central (CST) (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP codes	67863
Area code(s)	620
FIPS code	20-44600 ^[1]
GNIS feature ID	471501 ^[1]

Marienthal is an unincorporated community in Wichita County, Kansas, United States. It is also the locus of, and its name is used to identify, a census-designated place in Kansas.

History

In 1892, the community was founded by a group of immigrant Germans from Russia; they named it after their previous hometown of Marienthal, Russia, today Marienka, Ukraine. The post office was established March 18, 1902.^[2] Marienthal now consists of roughly 100 people, a Catholic church,^[3] a post office, a flour mill,^[4] a substance abuse treatment center, a trucking company, a bar and a grain elevator.

References

1 2 3 4 GNIS for Marienthal, Kansas; USGS; October 13, 1978.
↑ "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961". Kansas Historical Society. Archived from the original on October 9, 2013. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
↑ St. Mary Church.
↑ Heartland Mill.

External links

Wichita County High School
Wichita County Map, KDOT

Municipalities and communities of Wichita County, Kansas, United States

County seat: Leoti

City	Leoti

CDP	Marienthal

Unincorporated communities	Lydia Selkirk

Ghost towns	Coronado Farmer City

State of Kansas

Topeka (capital)

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