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Vermillion Creek Crossing, Oregon Trail

Historic place

Vermillion Creek Crossing, Oregon Trail is a historic place in Pottawatomie County, Kansas, listed on the National Register of Historic Places on 1975-03-10.

Place facts

Category
Historic place
Resource type
Site
State
Kansas (KS)
County
Pottawatomie County
NRHP reference number
75000720
Coordinates
39.25612, -96.24705
Listed on the National Register
1975-03-10
City
Belvue

Location

Published coordinates: 39.25612, -96.24705. This point is calculated to fall on the mapped boundary below. It marks the resource, and it is not the centre or an address.

Listing record

Additional details recorded by the National Park Service in the National Register listing for this resource. Every value below is published by the authority; none is written, inferred or estimated here.

Areas of significance
Exploration and settlement, Transportation
Level of significance
National
Acreage recorded
20 acres
Also recorded as
Louis Vieux Ford and Cemetery

Official documentation

The National Park Service publishes the official nomination document for this listing. It is linked here and is not reproduced, hosted or summarized on this site. The document was observed to be available on 2026-08-21.

National Register nomination document (PDF, opens on the National Park Service site)

Sources

Every fact on this page comes from the registered datasets below, cited per claim and carried through an independently verified content release.