Balta, Kansas

Balta, Kansas
Balta, Kansas
Unincorporated area
	KDOT map of Russell County (legend)
	Balta Balta
	Coordinates: 38°53′5″N98°54′56″W / 38.88472°N 98.91556°W Coordinates: 38°53′5″N98°54′56″W / 38.88472°N 98.91556°W
Country	United States
State	Kansas
County	Russell
Elevation	1,877 ft (572 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code	67665
Area code	785
FIPS code	20-03925
GNIS ID	484725

Last updated April 29, 2022

Balta is an unincorporated area in Russell Township, Russell County, Kansas, United States.^[2] It is the site of an agricultural cooperative facility about 2 miles west of Russell, but there is no community or settlement at Balta.^[3]

History

Balta was once a stop on the Union Pacific Railroad.^[4]

Geography

Balta is located at 38°53′5″N98°54′56″W / 38.88472°N 98.91556°W / 38.88472; -98.91556 (38.8847338, -98.9156421), at an elevation of 1,877 feet (572 m).^[1] It lies 0.75 miles (1.21 km) north of Fossil Creek, part of the Smoky Hill River watershed, in the Smoky Hills region of the Great Plains. Balta is roughly 1.4 miles (2.3 km) north of Interstate 70 and 3 miles (4.8 km) west of Russell, the county seat.

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References

1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Balta, Kansas
↑ "General Highway Map - Russell County, Kansas" (PDF). Kansas Department of Transportation. 2010-10-01. Retrieved 2011-02-22.
↑ "Google Maps Street View - Balta, KS" . Retrieved 2014-09-17.
↑ "Stouffer's Railroad Map of Kansas". Kansas Memory. Kansas Historical Society. 1918. Retrieved 2014-09-17.

External links

Russell County Maps: Current, Historic, KDOT

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[gnis-1] 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Balta, Kansas

[CountyMap-2] "General Highway Map - Russell County, Kansas" (PDF). Kansas Department of Transportation. 2010-10-01. Retrieved 2011-02-22.

[3] "Google Maps Street View - Balta, KS" . Retrieved 2014-09-17.

[4] "Stouffer's Railroad Map of Kansas". Kansas Memory. Kansas Historical Society. 1918. Retrieved 2014-09-17.

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v t e Municipalities and communities of Russell County, Kansas, United States
County seat: Russell
Cities	Bunker Hill Dorrance Gorham Lucas Luray Paradise Russell Waldo	Map of Kansas highlighting Russell County
Unincorporated communities	Dubuque‡ Fairport Milberger
Ghost towns	Bayne Blue Stem East Wolf Fay Forest Hill Greenvale Hawley Jack Kennebec Success Winterset Woodville
Townships	Big Creek Center Fairfield Fairview Grant Lincoln Luray Paradise Plymouth Russell Waldo Winterset
Footnotes	‡This community also has portions in an adjacent county or counties.
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