Bonita, Kansas
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|name = Bonita, Kansas
|settlement_type = Unincorporated community
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|subdivision_name2 = Johnson
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|elevation_ft = 1099
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|timezone = CST
|utc_offset = -6
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|blank1_info = 479559 {{cite gnis2|479559|Bonita, Kansas}}
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Bonita is an unincorporated community in Johnson County, Kansas, United States, and part of the Kansas City metropolitan area. It is located at {{coord|38|48|40|N|94|48|53|W}}.
History
Bonita is a Spanish name meaning "beautiful".{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/historyofjohnson00blai | title=History of Johnson County, Kansas | publisher=Standard Publishing Company | author=Blair, Ed | year=1915 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/historyofjohnson00blai/page/178 178]}}
Bonita had a post office from 1880 until 1934.{{cite web | url=http://www.kshs.org/geog/geog_postoffices/search/page:1/county:JO | title=Kansas Post Offices, 1828–1961 | publisher=Kansas Historical Society | accessdate=June 12, 2014}}
References
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Further reading
{{See also|Johnson County, Kansas#Further reading|l1=List of books about Johnson County, Kansas}}
External links
- Johnson County maps: [https://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/county-pdf/johnson.PDF Current], [https://www.ksdot.org/bureaus/burtransplan/maps/PastPublishedCounty.asp Historic], KDOT
{{Johnson County, Kansas}}
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Category:Unincorporated communities in Johnson County, Kansas
Category:Unincorporated communities in Kansas
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