Belvidere, Kansas
Encyclopedia
Belvidere is an unincorporated community
located along the Medicine Lodge River
in Kiowa County
, Kansas
, United States
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Nearby are the Roth Petroglyph Site and the Star Petroglyph Site. Both are on the National Register of Historic Places
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Unincorporated area
In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality.To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city, town, or village with its own government. An unincorporated community is usually not subject to or taxed by a municipal government...
located along the Medicine Lodge River
Medicine Lodge River
The Medicine Lodge River is a tributary of the Salt Fork of the Arkansas River in southern Kansas and northern Oklahoma in the United States. Via the Salt Fork and Arkansas rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River....
in Kiowa County
Kiowa County, Kansas
Kiowa County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. As of the 2010 census, the county population was 2,553...
, Kansas
Kansas
Kansas is a US state located in the Midwestern United States. It is named after the Kansas River which flows through it, which in turn was named after the Kansa Native American tribe, which inhabited the area. The tribe's name is often said to mean "people of the wind" or "people of the south...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
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History
The post office was established April 26, 1890, and discontinued November 23, 1996.Nearby are the Roth Petroglyph Site and the Star Petroglyph Site. Both are on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
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