Near Chapman in Dickinson County, Kansas — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)
St. Patrick's Mission Church
1864 - 2008
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., October 18, 2015
1. St. Patrick's Mission Church Marker
Fr. Dumortier, frontier missionary
First Mass December, 1864
Catholic mission for
Irish Settlers and Native Americans
Used as a school and community
meeting place
Destroyed by tornado on June 11, 2008
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Built c.1861
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
1987
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Disasters • Religion & Religious Structures. A significant historical date for this entry is June 11, 2008.
Location. 38° 58.836′ N, 97° 0.423′ W. Marker is near Chapman, Kansas, in Dickinson County. It is on 2650th Avenue 0.2 miles east of Red Road, on the left when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Chapman KS 67431, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Kansas’ Smoky Hills. It is also in the American Midwest, in the Corn Belt, on the prairies, and on the Southern Plains. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 10 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Veterans Memorial (approx. one mile away); The World Wide Movement of Hi-Y (approx. 1.2 miles away); The Butterfield Trail (approx. 1.6 miles away); Kansas' First Kindergarten (approx. 7.9 miles away); Jacob B. Ehrsam (approx. 7.9 miles away); Carry A. Nation (approx. 7.9 miles away); Purple Heart Memorial (approx. 10.1 miles away); 1st Infantry Division Memorial (approx. 10.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Chapman.
Another marker is no longer nearby. Historical Kansas (was approx. 7 miles away but has been confirmed missing).
Also see . . . St. Patrick's Mission Church Memorial. Kansas Travel website entry (Submitted on December 4, 2023, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.)
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., October 18, 2015
2. St. Patrick's Mission Church NRHP Marker
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., October 18, 2015
3. St. Patrick's Mission Church Markers
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., October 18, 2015
4. St. Patrick's Mission Church Memorial
Credits. This page was last revised on March 24, 2025. It was originally submitted on November 11, 2015, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 409 times since then and 19 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on November 13, 2015, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
