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Seneca was founded in 1857. It was named after Seneca County, Ohio. [4] The first post office in Seneca was established in November 1858. [5] Seneca grew up along the wagon route from St. Joseph, Missouri to Oregon and California.
Nemaha Central USD 115 is a public unified school district headquartered in Seneca, Kansas, United States. [1] The district includes the communities of Baileyville , Kelly , Oneida , Seneca, St. Benedict and nearby rural areas of Nemaha County .
In 1854, the Kansas Territory was organized, then in 1861 Kansas became the 34th U.S. state. In 1855, Nemaha County was established. The first railroad in Nemaha County was built in 1866. [4] On May 30, 1879, the "Irving, Kansas Tornado" passed through Nemaha county.
Before state highways were numbered in Kansas there were auto trails. The southern terminus was part of the former Roosevelt National Highway and Golden Belt. The former Corn Belt Highway crosses K-63 in Havensville. A small section just south of Seneca and a few sections between Seneca and the Nebraska border follow the former Omaha-Topeka Trail.
A list of people who were born in, or strongly associated with, Seneca, Kansas Pages in category "People from Seneca, Kansas" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.
St. Mary's Church is a church in the unincorporated community of St. Benedict, Kansas, 3 miles north of the west edge of Seneca. It is part of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas. It was built in 1893 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. [1]
A powerful F5 tornado, estimated to have been more than 2 miles (3.2 km) wide, tore through the towns of Seneca, Oneida, Reserve and Sabetha, Kansas. [6] In Seneca, the tornado destroyed the courthouse and a new schoolhouse, and the opera house was completely leveled and swept away.
Seneca Historic District may refer to: Seneca Main Street Historic District , Seneca, Kansas, listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in Nemaha County Seneca Historic District (Poolesville, Maryland) , NRHP-listed in Montgomery County