Cummings, Kansas
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{{Infobox settlement
|name = Cummings, Kansas
|settlement_type = Unincorporated community
|image_skyline = Cummings, KS.jpg
|image_caption = Front Street (2024)
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|image_map1 = Map of Atchison Co, Ks, USA.png
|map_caption1 = KDOT map of Atchison County (legend)
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|coordinates = {{coord|39|27|46|N|95|14|51|W|region:US-KS_type:city_source:GNIS|display=inline,title}}
|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = {{USA}}
|subdivision_type1 = State
|subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Kansas}}
|subdivision_type2 = County
|subdivision_name2 = Atchison
|subdivision_type3 = Township
|subdivision_name3 = Center
|established_title = Platted
|established_date = 1883
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|named_for = William Cummings
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|unit_pref = Imperial
|elevation_ft = 991
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|timezone = CST
|utc_offset = -6
|timezone_DST = CDT
|utc_offset_DST = -5
|postal_code_type = ZIP code
|postal_code = 66016
|area_code_type = Area code
|area_code = 913
|blank_name = FIPS code
|blank_info = 20-16750
|blank1_name = GNIS ID
|blank1_info = 478259 {{cite gnis2|478259|Cummings, Kansas}}
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Cummings is an unincorporated community in Center Township, Atchison County, Kansas, United States. Cummings is {{convert|9.5|mi|km}} southwest of Atchison. Cummings has a post office with ZIP code 66016.[http://www.zipinfo.com/cgi-local/zipsrch.exe?cnty=cnty&zip=66016&Go=Go ZIP Code Lookup] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615112546/http://www.zipinfo.com/cgi-local/zipsrch.exe?cnty=cnty&zip=66016&Go=Go |date=2011-06-15 }}
History
Cummings (formerly Cummingsville) was platted in 1883. It was named for its founder, William Cummings.{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_dBA1AQAAMAAJ | title=History of Atchison County, Kansas | publisher=Standard Publishing Company | author=Ingalls, Sheffield | year=1916 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_dBA1AQAAMAAJ/page/n128 122]}}
References
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Further reading
{{See also|Atchison County, Kansas#Further reading|l1=List of books about Atchison County, Kansas}}
External links
- Atchison County maps: [https://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/county-pdf/atchison.PDF Current], [https://www.ksdot.org/bureaus/burtransplan/maps/PastPublishedCounty.asp Historic], KDOT
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Category:Unincorporated communities in Atchison County, Kansas
Category:Unincorporated communities in Kansas
Category:1883 establishments in Kansas
Category:Populated places established in 1883
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