What is Dunkirk, Kansas?
'''Dunkirk''' is an [[Unincorporated area|unincorporated community]] in [[Crawford County, Kansas]], [[United States]].<ref>{{GNIS|484477|name=Dunkirk, Kansas}}</ref> ==History== A post office was opened in Dunkirk in 1915, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1919.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kshs.org/geog/geog_postoffices/search/county:CR |title=Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961 (archived) |publisher=Kansas Historical Society |access-date=6 June 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131009124740/http://www.kshs.org/geog/geog_postoffices/search/county%3ACR |archive-date=October 9, 2013 }}</ref> Dunkirk was originally a [[mining community]] with coal mines operated by the Wier Coal Company.<ref>{{cite book|author=University of Kansas|title=Bulletin|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9ecOAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA163|year=1918|page=163}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{coord|37|29|04|N|94|44|31|W|type:city_region:US-KS_source:GNIS-enwiki|display=title}} {{us-geo-stub}} [[Category:Unincorporated communities in Kansas]] [[Category:Crawford County, Kansas]]