Wea, Kansas
KDOT map of Miami County (legend)
KDOT map of Miami County (legend)
Wea is located in Kansas
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Wea is located in the United States
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Coordinates: 38°42′55″N 94°40′01″W / 38.71528°N 94.66694°W / 38.71528; -94.66694[1]
CountryUnited States
StateKansas
CountyMiami
Elevation1,086 ft (331 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (CST)
  Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code913
FIPS code20-76200
GNIS ID479415[1]

Wea is an unincorporated community in Miami County, Kansas, United States.[1] It is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area.[2]

History

The post office in Wea closed in 1903.[3]

This community was named for the Wea Tribe that was part of the Illiniwek Confederacy that came to this reservation land in 1832 along with the Piankishaw, Peoria, and Kaskaskia Tribes.

The Kansas Nebraska Act of 1854 brought squatters who forced land cessions upon these four tribes until they removed to Indian Territory in 1867.

Education

Wea High School mascot was the Eagles.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Wea, Kansas
  2. "Population Data and Maps | MARC".
  3. "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961, page 2". Kansas Historical Society. Retrieved June 15, 2014.

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