Wea, Kansas

Unincorporated community in Kansas, United States
38°42′55″N 94°40′01″W / 38.71528°N 94.66694°W / 38.71528; -94.66694[1]CountryUnited StatesStateKansasCountyMiamiElevation1,086 ft (331 m)Time zoneUTC-6 (CST) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)Area code913FIPS code20-76200GNIS ID479415[1]

Wea is an unincorporated community in Miami County, Kansas, United States.[1] It is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area.[2]

History

The post office in Wea closed in 1903.[3]

This community was named for the Wea Tribe that was part of the Illiniwek Confederacy that came to this reservation land in 1832 along with the Piankishaw, Peoria, and Kaskaskia Tribes.

The Kansas Nebraska Act of 1854 brought squatters who forced land cessions upon these four tribes until they removed to Indian Territory in 1867.

Education

Wea High School mascot was the Eagles.

References

  1. ^ a b c d U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Wea, Kansas
  2. ^ "Population Data and Maps | MARC".
  3. ^ "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961, page 2". Kansas Historical Society. Retrieved June 15, 2014.

Further reading

External links

  • Miami County maps: Current, Historic, KDOT
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Municipalities and communities of Miami County, Kansas, United States
County seat: Paola
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Unincorporated
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  • Mound
  • Osage
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  • Stanton
  • Sugar Creek
  • Ten Mile
  • Valley
  • Wea
Footnotes
†This community is designated a Census-Designated Place (CDP) by the United States Census Bureau.
‡This community also has portions in an adjacent county or counties.
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