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The Kansas City Southern's Southern Belle at Pittsburg in 1967 Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church (2012) The first dwelling was built by J. T. Roach in July 1876. [11] The first post office in Pittsburg was established in August, 1876. The post office's name was shortened from "New Pittsburgh" to "Pittsburgh" in 1881 and to "Pittsburg" in 1894 ...
In 1854, the Kansas Territory was organized, and in 1861 Kansas was admitted as the 34th U.S. state. The preceding years had been filled with violence as settlers arrived on both sides of the slavery question; the residents voting for Kansas to enter as a free state were the majority.
Farlington is a census-designated place (CDP) in Crawford County, Kansas, United States. [1] As of the 2020 census , the population was 68. [ 2 ] Farlington is located near K-7 , 8 miles (13 km) north of Girard .
Pittsburg Township is a civil township in Mitchell County, Kansas, United States. Its area includes the point at the intersection of Latitude 39.35 and Longitude -98.43333. The township's name is derived from William Augustus Pitt, one of the founders of the central town of the township, Tipton.
Franklin began as a mining community in the early 1900s. It is located just off Highway 69 Bypass which is a major corridor between Kansas City and Pittsburg, Ks./Joplin, Mo. Franklin was a shipping point on the Joplin & Pittsburg electric railroad. [3] The first post office in Franklin was established in 1908. [4]
Tipton was originally called Pittsburg, and under the latter name was founded in 1872. [4] When it was later realized that another Pittsburg existed in Kansas, the name was changed to Tipton after Tipton, Iowa, the former home of a local resident.
After the successful development of the Country Club Plaza in Kansas City, Missouri, real estate magnate J. C. Nichols turned toward development of his native Johnson County, just a few miles from the Plaza. Prairie Village was platted in 1941 and was named after Prairie School, which was established almost a century before.
Milberger lies on the west side of Landon Creek, roughly 4.5 miles (7 km) south of the Smoky Hill River in the Smoky Hills region of the Great Plains. [5] [6] Milberger is approximately 3.5 miles (6 km) west of U.S. Route 281, 10.5 miles (17 km) south of Interstate 70 and 12 miles (20 km) south-southwest of Russell, the county seat.