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Fontana, Kansas : ウィキペディア英語版 | Fontana, Kansas
Fontana is a city in south central Miami County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 224.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=DEC_10_PL_GCTPL2.ST13&prodType=table )〕 The name Fontana comes from the French word fontaine, meaning fountain or a spring-like water source. It was given to the small city from a spring near the town site. Fontana's history as a community dates back to the early 19th century, however incorporation did not occur until 1889.〔"2009 Miami County Visitors Guide", page 18.〕 == History == Captain David Martin, a veteran of the War of 1812 received a land grant for in Lykins County, Kansas (Miami County, Kansas) due to an 1855 congressional act. Part of this property would eventually become the townsite and rural community of Fontana. J.B. Grinnell purchased of the property in 1869, and put Fontana in the center near a railroad right of way. The city was incorporated in 1889.〔
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