Dunlap, Kansas
| Dunlap, Kansas | |
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| City | |
 Location within Morris County and Kansas |
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 KDOT map of Morris County (legend) |
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| Coordinates: 38°34′33″N 96°21′58″W / 38.57583°N 96.36611°WCoordinates: 38°34′33″N 96°21′58″W / 38.57583°N 96.36611°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Kansas |
| County | Morris |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.23 sq mi (0.60 km2) |
| • Land | 0.23 sq mi (0.60 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,184 ft (361 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 30 |
| • Estimate (2015) | 29 |
| • Density | 130/sq mi (50/km2) |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| ZIP code | 66846 |
| Area code | 620 |
| FIPS code | 20-18950 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0477177 |
Dunlap is a city in Morris County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 30.
A post office was established in Hillsborough on March 19, 1874 then renamed to Dunlap on April 20, 1874.
In 1878, Benjamin "Pap" Singleton chose Dunlap as the site for his second Singleton Colony, a community of freedmen who had migrated from Tennessee, because of land available under the Homestead Act. It was named Dunlap after its founder, Joseph Dunlap, an Indian agent for the Kaw tribe. Before its present name, the settlement was briefly known as Hillsboro. In the early 1880s, the Presbyterian Church in Dunlap founded the Freedmen's Academy to provide an education to freedmen's families in Kansas. The Academy closed in the mid-1890s.
The post office in Dunlap closed on August 12, 1988.
Dunlap is located at 38°34′33″N 96°21′58″W / 38.57583°N 96.36611°W (38.575818, -96.366117). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.23 square miles (0.60 km2), all of it land.
The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Dunlap has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps.
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