Clonmel, Kansas

Clonmel is an unincorporated community in Illinois Township, Sedgwick County, Kansas, United States.[1] It is located at Highway K42 and W 71st St S.

Clonmel, Kansas
Unincorporated community
St. John the Evangelist Church (2018)
St. John the Evangelist Church (2018)
KDOT map of Sedgwick County (legend)
KDOT map of Sedgwick County (legend)
Clonmel is located in Kansas
Clonmel
Clonmel
Clonmel is located in the United States
Clonmel
Clonmel
Coordinates: 37°33′46″N 97°33′14″W[1]
CountryUnited States
StateKansas
CountySedgwick
TownshipIllinois
Elevation
[1]
1,371 ft (418 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
67149
Area code620
FIPS code20-14375 [1]
GNIS ID484677 [1]

History

Clonmel was a station on the Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway.[2]

A post office was opened in Clonmel in 1905, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1938.[3] It was named after Clonmel in Ireland.[4]

Education

The community is served by Clearwater USD 264 public school district.

References
  1. "Clonmel, Kansas", Geographic Names Information System, United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior
  2. Blackmar, Frank Wilson (1912). Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Embracing Events, Institutions, Industries, Counties, Cities, Towns, Prominent Persons, Etc. Standard Publishing Company. p. 370. ISBN 9780722249055.
  3. "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961". Kansas Historical Society. Archived from the original on October 9, 2013. Retrieved June 23, 2014.
  4. Stewart, George R. (1970). American place-names; a concise and selective dictionary for the continental United States of America. New York: Oxford University Press.

Further reading
See also: List of books about Sedgwick County, Kansas


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