What is Monrovia, Kansas?
'''Monrovia''' is an [[Unincorporated area|unincorporated community]] in [[Atchison County, Kansas]], [[United States|USA]].<ref>{{GNIS|473486|name=Monravia, Kansas}}</ref> Monrovia is at {{coord|39|31|27|N|95|20|46|W}}. ==History== Monrovia was [[plat]]ted in 1856. This makes it one of the oldest towns in Atchison County.<ref>{{cite book|title=History of the State of Kansas: Containing a Full Account of Its Growth from an Uninhabited Territory to a Wealthy and Important State|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5t09AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA404|year=1883|publisher=A. T. Andreas|page=404}}</ref> The community on the Missouri Pacific Railroad never did grow enough to meet its creators' expectations.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Qi9cXyTWt9EC&pg=PA299 | title=Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Volume 2 | publisher=Standard Publishing Company | author=Blackmar, Frank Wilson | year=1912 | pages=299}}</ref> A post office was opened in Monrovia in 1857. It was used until it was discontinued in 1955.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kshs.org/geog/geog_postoffices/search/county:AT |title=Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961 (archived) |publisher=Kansas Historical Society |access-date=4 June 2014 |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131009125756/http://www.kshs.org/geog/geog_postoffices/search/county:AT |archive-date=October 9, 2013 }}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== * [https://roadsidethoughts.com/ks/monrovia-xx-atchison-profile.htm The location of Monrovia, Kansas at RoadsideThoughts] {{Atchison County, Kansas}} {{coord|39|31|27|N|95|20|46|W|type:city_region:US-KS_source:GNIS-enwiki|display=title}} {{US-geo-stub}} [[Category:Unincorporated communities in Kansas]] [[Category:1856 establishments in Kansas Territory]] [[Category:Settlements in Atchison County, Kansas]]