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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|map_caption1 = KDOT map of Atchison County (legend)

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|subdivision_type = Country

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|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

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|elevation_ft = 991

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|population_density_sq_mi = auto

|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}}