Padonia, Kansas

The first settlement at Padonia was made in 1854.{{cite book|title=History of the State of Kansas: Containing a Full Account of Its Growth from an Uninhabited Territory to a Wealthy and Important State|url=https://archive.org/details/historyofstateof00andr|year=1883|publisher=A. T. Andreas|page=[https://archive.org/details/historyofstateof00andr/page/739 739]}} The community was named for Jesse Padon, a pioneer settler.{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_Qi9cXyTWt9EC | title=Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Volume 2 | publisher=Standard Publishing Company | author=Blackmar, Frank Wilson | year=1912 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_Qi9cXyTWt9EC/page/n422 432]}} A post office was established in Padonia in 1857, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1933.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=KS&county=Brown&searchtext=&pagenum=2 | title=Brown County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=15 February 2015}}

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• Brown County maps: [https://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/county-pdf/brown.PDF Current], [https://www.ksdot.org/bureaus/burtransplan/maps/PastPublishedCounty.asp Historic], KDOT

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