Purcell, Kansas
{{Short description|Unincorporated community in Doniphan County, Kansas}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
|name = Purcell, Kansas
|settlement_type = Unincorporated community
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|map_caption1 = KDOT map of Doniphan County (legend)
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|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = United States
|subdivision_type1 = State
|subdivision_name1 = Kansas
|subdivision_type2 = County
|subdivision_name2 = Doniphan
|subdivision_type3 = Township
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|established_title = Founded
|established_date = 1886
|established_title1 = Platted
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|named_for = John Purcell
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|unit_pref = Imperial
|elevation_ft = 1139
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|timezone = CST
|utc_offset = -6
|timezone_DST = CDT
|utc_offset_DST = -5
|postal_code_type = ZIP code
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|area_code_type = Area code
|area_code = 785
|blank_name = FIPS code
|blank_info = {{FIPS|20|57950}}
|blank1_name = GNIS ID
|blank1_info = 473266 {{cite gnis2|473266|Purcell, Kansas}}
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Purcell is an unincorporated community in Doniphan County, Kansas, United States. It is located {{convert|5|mi|km}} east of Everest, south of K-20, on highway K-137.
History
Purcell was founded about 1886.{{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/n513 523]}} John Purcell was one of the earliest settlers.{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/graysdoniphancou01gray | title=Gray's Doniphan County History: A Record of the Happenings of Half a Hundred Years | publisher=Roycroft Press | author=Gray, Patrick Leopoldo | year=1905 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/graysdoniphancou01gray/page/64 64]}}
A post office was opened in Purcell in 1887, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1956.{{cite web|url=http://www.kshs.org/geog/geog_postoffices/search/county:DP |title=Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961 (archived) |publisher=Kansas Historical Society |accessdate=8 June 2014 |url-status=unfit |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131009130242/http://www.kshs.org/geog/geog_postoffices/search/county:DP |archivedate=October 9, 2013 }}
St. Mary's Catholic Church, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, is located in Purcell.{{NRISref|2010a}}
References
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Further reading
{{See also|Doniphan County, Kansas#Further reading|l1=List of books about Doniphan County, Kansas}}
External links
- Doniphan County maps: [https://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/county-pdf/doniphan.PDF Current], [https://www.ksdot.org/bureaus/burtransplan/maps/PastPublishedCounty.asp Historic], KDOT
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Category:Unincorporated communities in Doniphan County, Kansas
Category:Unincorporated communities in Kansas
Category:1886 establishments in Kansas
Category:Populated places established in 1886
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