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Larned was laid out in 1873. [4] The first post office was established at Larned in 1872. [5]The city drew its name from nearby Fort Larned, which operated from 1859 to 1878 and was named for Colonel Benjamin F. Larned, U.S. Army Paymaster from July 1854 to his death September 6, 1862.
Pawnee County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas.Its county seat and largest city is Larned. [2] As of the 2020 census, the county population was 6,253. [1] The county is named after the Pawnee tribe.
The Camp on Pawnee Fork was established on October 22, 1859, to protect traffic along the Santa Fe Trail from hostile Native Americans. [3] It was renamed Camp Alert in 1860, as the small garrison of about 50 men had to remain constantly alert for Indians.
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City or town Description 1: Babbitt-Doerr House: Babbitt-Doerr House: April 20, 1995 : 423 W. 5th St. Larned: 2: Coon Creek Crossing on the Santa Fe Trail (Wet Route) July 17, 2013 : 1.5 miles southwest of Garfield on US 56
Burdett was a station and shipping point on the division of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway that ran from Larned to Jetmore. [4] The community was named for the American humorist writer Robert Jones Burdette. [5] A post office was opened in Brown's Grove (an extinct town) in 1877, but it was moved to Burdett in 1887. [6]
The community was started by the Mennonite John Zook, who came to Larned, Kansas, in the 1880s and then moved his family to the location that would become Zook, a mile east of what is now Highway 19 in southeastern Pawnee County. [2] The community grew in population when the Anthony and Northern Railroad came through the area. [2]
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