Pfeifer, Kansas | |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Image Map1: | Map of Ellis Co, Ks, USA.png |
Map Caption1: | KDOT map of Ellis County (legend) |
Pushpin Map: | Kansas#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Pfeifer |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Coordinates: | 38.7081°N -99.1656°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Kansas |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Ellis |
Subdivision Type3: | Township |
Subdivision Name3: | Freedom |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Date: | 1876 |
Established Title1: | Platted |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Elevation Ft: | 1880 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | auto |
Timezone: | CST |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 67660 |
Area Code Type: | Area code |
Area Code: | 785 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 20-55650 |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS ID |
Blank1 Info: | 475392 |
Pfeifer is an unincorporated community in Freedom Township, Ellis County, Kansas, United States. It is located 10miles south of Victoria.[1]
Volga German immigrants founded Pfeifer in August 1876, naming it after the village they had emigrated from in Russia. The final group of Volga German immigrants arrived from the community of Kamenka in June 1878. In 1884, the settlement moved to its current location.[2] The former Easdale post office relocated to Pfeifer, two miles south across the Smoky Hill River, in 1887, and remained in operation under that name until 1961.[3] [4]
Beginning in 1879, local residents constructed a series of church buildings that culminated in the completion of Holy Cross Church in May 1918.[2]
Pfeifer is located approximately 8miles east of U.S. Highway 183, 11.5miles south of Interstate 70, and 15miles southeast of Hays, the county seat.[1]
Pfeifer lies on the south side of the Smoky Hill River in the Smoky Hills region of the Great Plains.[5]
Saratov Street, a paved county road, runs north–south through Pfeifer. Northeast of the community, it becomes Pfeifer Avenue, connecting Pfeifer with Victoria 10miles to the north.[6]
Notable individuals who were born in and/or have lived in Pfeifer include: