Dial, Kansas

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Dial, Kansas
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Coordinates: 39°13′55″N98°46′31″W / 39.23194°N 98.77528°W / 39.23194; -98.77528
Country United States
State Kansas
County Osborne
Elevation
1,886 ft (575 m)
Population
  Total0
Time zone UTC-6 (CST)
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code 785

Dial is a ghost town in Covert Township, Osborne County, Kansas, United States.

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History

Dial was located in the Covert Creek Valley in Osborne County. [1] Dial was issued a post office in 1881. The post office was discontinued in 1903. [2] There is nothing left of Dial.

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References

  1. Blackmar, Frank Wilson (1912). Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Volume 1. Chicago: Standard Publishing Company. p.  517.
  2. "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961". Kansas Historical Society. Retrieved 2017-12-30.

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