Bonita, Kansas

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|settlement_type = Unincorporated community

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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}}