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ZIP code: 66713. Area code: 620: FIPS code: 20-04625: GNIS ID: 485544 [1] Website: City webpage: Baxter Springs is a city in Cherokee County, ... Historic Images of ...
Richmond was founded in 1870. [4] It was named for John C. Richmond, a local farmer who donated forty acres of land to the railroad for a station location. [5] The first post office in Richmond was established in April, 1870. [6]
Spring Valley Township covers an area of 47.2 square miles (122 km 2) and contains one incorporated settlement, Baxter Springs. According to the USGS, it contains seven cemeteries: Baxter Springs, Beasley, Brush Creek, Crum, Dockery, Pleasant View and Usrey. The streams of Bitter Creek, Brush Creek and Willow Creek run through this township.
A post office existed in Gordon from June 30, 1884, to June 30, 1936. [2] Gordon was a station on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. [3] ... Code of Conduct;
US 166 is an original 1926 route and originally ran from South Haven to Baxter Springs, Kansas. In 1945, it was extended east through Joplin, Missouri , where it paralleled US 66 to Springfield . This extension absorbed Route 38 , [ vague ] which had been formed in 1922 from Carthage to west of Springfield and realigned to Joplin in about 1930 ...
The house underwent a major renovation from 2020-2023 to save the property and restore it to period accuracy. Local Baxter Springs resident Geoffery Roberts led the effort to restore the historic property. As of 2023, it is open as a local center for events. The house is full of hand-painted pictures and murals by local artist Jordan Wood.
The Baxter Springs Independent Oil and Gas Service Station is a historic gas station located at 940 Military Avenue in Baxter Springs, Kansas, along the former route of U.S. Route 66. The station was built in 1930 by the Independent Oil and Gas Company; the company merged with Phillips Petroleum the following year, and the station became a ...
Riverton is a census-designated place (CDP) in Cherokee County, Kansas, United States. [1] As of the 2020 census, the population was 771. [2] It is located at the junction of K-66 (former U.S. Route 66) and U.S. Route 69 Alternate and U.S. Route 400, near the Spring River.