Belvidere, Kansas

Unincorporated community in Kiowa County, Kansas

Unincorporated community in Kansas, United States
37°27′01″N 99°04′48″W / 37.45028°N 99.08000°W / 37.45028; -99.08000[1]CountryUnited StatesStateKansasCountyKiowaFounded1880sElevation1,841 ft (561 m)Time zoneUTC-6 (CST) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)Area code620FIPS code20-05875GNIS ID470715[1]

Belvidere is an unincorporated community in Kiowa County, Kansas, United States,[1] and located along the Medicine Lodge River.

History

Belvidere was a shipping point on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway.[2]

A post office named Glick operated from 1883 until 1890. The Glick post office was renamed Belvidere on April 26, 1890, remained in operation until it was discontinued on November 23, 1996.[3]

Nearby are the Roth Petroglyph Site and the Star Petroglyph Site. Both are on the National Register of Historic Places.

In the mid-2000s, Belvidere become the home of a NOAA Weather Radio transmitter, WNG534, operated by the National Weather Service Forecast Office in nearby Dodge City.

References

  1. ^ a b c d U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Belvidere, Kansas
  2. ^ Blackmar, Frank Wilson (1912). Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Embracing Events, Institutions, Industries, Counties, Cities, Towns, Prominent Persons, Etc. Standard Publishing Company. pp. 172.
  3. ^ "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961 (archived)". Kansas Historical Society. Archived from the original on October 9, 2013. Retrieved June 12, 2014.

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