Cora, Kansas

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Cora, Kansas
Ghost town
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Cora
Location within the state of Kansas
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Cora
Cora (the United States)
Coordinates: 39°53′34″N98°39′49″W / 39.89278°N 98.66361°W / 39.89278; -98.66361
Country United States
State Kansas
County Smith
Elevation
1,968 ft (600 m)
Population
 • Total
0
Time zone UTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
785
GNIS ID 484586 [1]

Cora is a former town in Smith County, Kansas, United States. [1]

History

A small village settled in the early 1870s, in 1883 Cora was reported as having one store, a blacksmith and wainwright, a schoolhouse, and a Congregationalist church. [2] A post office operated from 1871 to 1904. [3] Cora suffered from depopulation in the mid-20th-century and by 1981 only one inhabited house remained. Today, a car scrapyard occupies part of the former town site.

References

  1. 1 2 "Cora, Kansas", Geographic Names Information System , United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior
  2. ↑ "Cutler's History of the State of Kansas" . Retrieved December 3, 2025.
  3. ↑ "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961". Kansas Historical Society. Retrieved January 2, 2018.[ permanent dead link ]


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