Bigelow, Kansas

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Bigelow, Kansas
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Coordinates: 39°38′0″N96°30′16″W / 39.63333°N 96.50444°W / 39.63333; -96.50444 Coordinates: 39°38′0″N96°30′16″W / 39.63333°N 96.50444°W / 39.63333; -96.50444
Country United States
State Kansas
County Marshall
Founded1881
Named for Alfred Bigelow
Elevation
1,175 ft (358 m)
Population
 • Total0
Time zone UTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code 785
GNIS ID 481833 [1]

Bigelow is a ghost town in Marshall County, Kansas, United States. It was located six and a half miles southwest of Frankfort.

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History

It was founded in 1881 [2] and named for General Alfred Bigelow. [3] It was known for its limestone quarries and peaked in population in 1910 at 200. [4]

The post office closed in 1960 and the town was demolished during the construction of Tuttle Creek Lake. All that remains is a historical marker at the intersection of 17th and Zenith Roads and Antioch Cemetery.

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References

  1. ↑ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  2. ↑ Blackmar, Frank Wilson (1912). Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Embracing Events, Institutions, Industries, Counties, Cities, Towns, Prominent Persons, Etc. Standard Publishing Company. pp.  180.
  3. ↑ Foster, Emma Elizabeth Calderhead (1917). History of Marshall County, Kansas: Its People, Industries, and Institutions. B.F. Bowen. pp.  162.
  4. ↑ Faded Dreams: More Ghost Towns of Kansas by Daniel Fitzgerald. University Press of Kansas. Lawrence, Kansas. 1994

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