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History · Kanorado

Kanorado’s post office opened in 1903, and 65% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1954 on and the census since 1930.

1903first post office
0on the National Register
65%homes built before 1940
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Quick answers

How Kanorado began

When was Kanorado founded?

1903

The Kanorado post office opened in 1903, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Lamborn (1889), opened inside today’s city and later closed.

First census: 359 in 19302020 census: 153123 years
Founding year: the first Kanorado post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Kanorado’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Kanorado are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Kanorado’s homes were built before 1938.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Kanorado’s history is told.

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The story

How Kanorado came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Kanorado.

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The first post office in the community was established in 1889, but the post office was called Lamborn until 1903.

On February 10, 2016 the House of Representatives of the State of Kansas passed a Resolution (Res.#6033) designating the City of Kanorado as the Top City of Kansas. This is due to it being the highest city elevation in the State of Kansas at 3,907 feet (1,191 m).

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Kanorado, 1889 to 1954

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1889Post officeThe Lamborn post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1903Post officeThe Lamborn post office closes
  5. 1903Post officeThe Kanorado post office opens
  6. 1954On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Kanorado, decade by decade

Today4 recent
KanoradoExit 12015KanoradoExit 1Kanorado, Kansas2014Kanorado, KansasKanorado2007KanoradoKSMap-doton-Kanorado2005KSMap-doton-Kanorado
On the map

Kanorado on the map, 1954 to 1981

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Kanorado. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Kanorado on the 1954 USGS mapKanorado on the 1981 USGS map1954Limon sheet · 1:250,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Kanorado.

People over time

Kanorado, census by census

010020030040019401960198020002020Peak: 359

Between 153 and 359 people in every census since 1930.

10 censuses, 1930–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Kanorado’s Wikipedia page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Kanorado

Nobody well known was born in Kanorado itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Ronald EvansNASA astronaut · b. 1933
Robert P. KerrFilm director, Actor, Screenwriter · b. 1892
Andrew Carl BennettUnited States Navy rear admiral (upper half) an… · b. 1889
Deanell Reece TachaUnited States federal judge · b. 1946
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Lee AllenProfessional wrestler · b. 1934
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Mary HodgeAmerican politician · b. 1946
Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Kanorado’s post office has been open since 1903. Another post office, Lamborn, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Lamborn
1889–1903
Kanorado
1903–today
18801950today

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Kanorado’s history

What year was Kanorado founded?

The Kanorado post office opened in 1903, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (4), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.