County Wichita ZIP codes 67863 Elevation 980 m Local time Sunday 5:44 PM | Time zone Central (CST) (UTC-6) FIPS code 20-44600 Zip code 67863 Area code 620 | |
Weather 15°C, Wind NW at 21 km/h, 38% Humidity | ||
Marienthal is an unincorporated community in Wichita County, Kansas, United States. It is also the locus of, and its name is used to identify, a census-designated place in Kansas.
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Map of Marienthal, KS 67863, USA
History
In 1892, the community was founded by a group of immigrant Germans from Russia; they named it after their previous hometown of Marienthal, Russia, today Marienka, Ukraine. The post office was established March 18, 1902. Marienthal now consists of roughly 100 people, a Catholic church, a post office, a flour mill, a substance abuse treatment center, a trucking company, a bar and a grain elevator.
References
Marienthal, Kansas Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA