Ashton is an unincorporated community in Walton Township, Sumner County, Kansas, United States. [1] It is located about halfway between South Haven and Arkansas City at 1.75 miles north of the intersection of S Rock Rd and U.S. Route 166, which is 5.5 miles east of I-35 (Kansas Turnpike), next to an abandoned railroad.
Ashton was a station on the Kansas Southwestern Railway that previously passed through the community, east to west, from Geuda Springs to South Haven. [2]
A post office was opened in Ashton in 1887, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1971. [3]
The community is served by South Haven USD 509 public school district.
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Portland is an unincorporated community in Sumner County, Kansas, United States. It is located about 5 miles northeast of South Haven at 1.5 miles north of the intersection of S Hydraulic Rd and U.S. Route 166, next to an abandoned railroad. It is 1.5 miles east of I-35 at 37°04′40″N97°18′44″W.
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| Footnotes | †This community is designated a Census-Designated Place (CDP) by the United States Census Bureau. ‡This community also has portions in an adjacent county or counties. | |