Canada, Kansas

Canada, Kansas
Canada, Kansas
Unincorporated community
	KDOT map of Marion County (legend)
	Canada Canada
	Coordinates: 38°21′15″N 97°6′46″W / 38.35417°N 97.11278°W
Country	United States
State	Kansas
County	Marion
Township	Gale
Platted	1883
Elevation	1,362 ft (415 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code	620
FIPS code	20-10350
GNIS ID	0477365
	W i k i p e d i a

Canada is an unincorporated community in Marion County, Kansas, United States.^[1] It is named for many Canadian immigrants coming to the area.^[2]

History

A post office was in Canada from February 20, 1884 to February 28, 1954.^[3]

20th century

From 1964 to 1968, the Marion Reservoir was built north of Canada.

21st century

In August 2015, a film crew for an advertising company in Toronto, Ontario came to Canada. They came to interview people and give away New Balance shoes for a Canadian TV commercial.^[4]

Geography

Canada is at 38°21′15″N 97°6′46″W / 38.35417°N 97.11278°W / 38.35417; -97.11278 (38.3541802, -97.1128030),^[1] about halfway between Marion and Hillsboro.

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) details for Canada, Kansas; United States Geological Survey (USGS); October 13, 1978.
↑ Marion County Kansas, Past and Present; Sondra Van Meter; 1972.
↑ "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961 (archived)". Kansas Historical Society. Archived from the original on October 9, 2013. Retrieved 14 June 2014.
↑ Canadians discover ‘the other Canada’, page 4; Peabody Gazette-Bulletin; 10 pages; August 19, 2015.

Other websites

Video

We’re Not In Canada Anymore on YouTube

Historical

Marion County cemetery list, archive of KsGenWeb
Marion County history bibliography, Marion County school bibliography, Kansas Historical Society

Maps

Marion County Maps: Current, Historic, KDOT
Topo Map of Marion / Aulne / Canada area, USGS

[GNIS-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) details for Canada, Kansas; United States Geological Survey (USGS); October 13, 1978.

[Marion_County_Kansas_1972-2] Marion County Kansas, Past and Present; Sondra Van Meter; 1972.

[3] "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961 (archived)". Kansas Historical Society. Archived from the original on October 9, 2013. Retrieved 14 June 2014.

[4] Canadians discover ‘the other Canada’, page 4; Peabody Gazette-Bulletin; 10 pages; August 19, 2015.

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v t e Municipalities and communities of Marion County, Kansas, United States
County seat: Marion
Cities	Burns Durham Florence Goessel Hillsboro Lehigh Lincolnville Lost Springs Marion Peabody Ramona Tampa	Map of Kansas highlighting Marion County
Unincorporated communities	Antelope Aulne Canada Eastshore (at Marion Reservoir) Marion County Lake Pilsen
Ghost towns	Elk‡ Gnadenau Hampson Oursler Waldeck Watchorn
Townships	Blaine Catlin Centre Clark Clear Creek Colfax Doyle Durham Park East Branch Fairplay Gale Grant Lehigh Liberty Logan Lost Springs Menno Milton Moore Peabody Risley Summit West Branch Wilson
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties