Belvidere, Kansas | |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Image Map1: | Map of Kiowa Co, Ks, USA.png |
Map Caption1: | KDOT map of Kiowa County (legend) |
Pushpin Map: | Kansas#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Belvidere |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Coordinates: | 37.4503°N -99.08°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Kansas |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Kiowa |
Subdivision Type3: | Township |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Date: | 1880s |
Established Title1: | Platted |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Elevation Ft: | 1841 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | auto |
Timezone: | CST |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Area Code Type: | Area code |
Area Code: | 620 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS ID |
Blank1 Info: | 470715 |
Belvidere is an unincorporated community in Kiowa County, Kansas, United States, and located along the Medicine Lodge River.
Belvidere was a shipping point on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway.[1]
A post office named Glick operated from 1883 until 1890. The Glick post office was renamed Belvidere on April 26, 1890, remained in operation until it was discontinued on November 23, 1996.[2]
Nearby are the Roth Petroglyph Site and the Star Petroglyph Site. Both are on the National Register of Historic Places.
In the mid-2000s, Belvidere become the home of a NOAA Weather Radio transmitter, WNG534, operated by the National Weather Service Forecast Office in nearby Dodge City.