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When railroads were established towns developed along the tracks or even moved to where the tracks were. Politics – In Kansas, the political atmosphere was highly divided. Towns were either pro-slavery or abolitionist. When Kansas became a free state in 1861, pro-slavery towns died out. Survival of a town also depended on if it won the county ...
620. FIPS code. 20-39275 [1] GNIS ID. 484489 [1] Le Hunt (sometimes rendered as LeHunt) is a ghost town in Montgomery County, Kansas, United States. [1] While most of the site has been reclaimed by nature, the ruins of the United Kansas Portland Cement Company plant can still be seen today in the woods along the eastern shore of Elk City Lake.
Coordinates: 37.9333°N 95.4148°W. Cofachique (pronounced ko-fa-chee) is a ghost town situated along the Neosho River near the present-day city of Iola in Allen County, Kansas, United States. Being the first town established in Allen County in 1855, it was the original county seat. However, within five years the greater part of the town was ...
Sheridan was located at 39°01′25″N 101°21′47″W (39.0236193 , -101.3629391) at an elevation of 3,113 feet (949 m). [5] This site is on the North Fork of the Smoky Hill River north of U.S. Route 40 approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) northeast of present-day McAllaster, Kansas. [6] [7] It is in northwest Logan County in the High Plains region ...
UTC-5 (CDT) Area code. 785. GNIS ID. 481879 [1] Franklin is a ghost town in Douglas County, Kansas, United States. [1] Established as a proslavery stronghold, the town played a key role in the "Bleeding Kansas" conflict that troubled the territory in the 1850s.
Waldeck, Kansas. Woodsdale, Kansas. Categories: Ghost towns in the United States by state. Former populated places in Kansas. Populated places in Kansas. Kansas folklore. Hidden category: Commons category link is on Wikidata.
Treece, Kansas. Treece is a ghost town in Cherokee County, Kansas, United States, [1] and part of the historic Tri-State Mining District. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 138. [3] As of May 2012 the city was abandoned and most buildings and other facilities demolished due to pervasive problems with lead pollution resulting from ...
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