LeLoup is an unincorporated community in Franklin County, Kansas, United States.[1] It is located a mile and half north of Interstate 35 on Tennessee Road, 11 miles northeast of Ottawa, 7 miles southwest of Wellsville.

LeLoup, Kansas
Unincorporated community
KDOT map of Franklin County (legend)
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Coordinates: 38°24′52″N 95°5′37″W[1]
Country	United States
State	Kansas
County	Franklin
Founded	1870
Named for	Wolf
Elevation [1]	955 ft (291 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code	785
FIPS code	20-39300 [1]
GNIS ID	479371 [1]

History

LeLoup was founded in 1870 after the Santa Fe Railroad laid tracks through the area. The community was originally named Ferguson after Robert Ferguson, the original owner of the town site.[2] The community was renamed LeLoup after a French traveler got off at Ferguson and mistook a coyote for a wolf and began shouting "le loup", then the community voted to change the name to LeLoup.

LeLoup had a post office from September 1870 until 1954; the name of the post office was changed from Ferguson in 1879.[3]

Gallery

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  An old school in LeLoup (2008)

References

Further reading

• Fitzgerald, Daniel. Ghost Towns of Kansas 6. 2009.

External links

• Franklin County maps: Current, Historic, KDOT