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Downing

HISTORICAL POPULATED PLACE ยท KANSAS

A historical populated place in Morris County, Kansas, recorded by the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System.

Location Record

Name
Downing
Feature Type
Populated Place (historical)
State
Kansas
County
Morris County
USGS Map
Council Grove Lake
Coordinates
38.7402834, -96.5738932
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GNIS Feature ID
484957

Names and historical notes

Recorded by GNIS. Source wording is retained; these notes have not been independently verified by Forgotten America.

Also recorded as

Source editions and recorded citations

Feature ID 484957. Description/History extract: August 28, 2026. All Names extract: September 30, 2026. Retrieved October 22, 2026. Only populated fields are displayed.

GNIS citation text may identify a source series rather than a specific page. It is reproduced below without implying that its underlying documents were inspected.

  • Map U.S. Geological Survey 1981-12-31 00:00:00 Geographic Names Phase I data compilation (1976-1981) Primarily from U.S. Geological Survey 1:24,000-scale topographic maps (or 1:25K, Puerto Rico 1:20K) and from U.S. Board on Geographic Names files.

GNIS source datasets and documentation

Source: U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), Historical Features.