Drury, Kansas

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Drury, Kansas
Unincorporated community
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Drury
Coordinates: 37°02′08″N97°28′40″W / 37.03556°N 97.47778°W / 37.03556; -97.47778 [1]
Country United States
State Kansas
County Sumner
Township Falls
Elevation
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1,093 ft (333 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code 620
FIPS code 20-18725
GNIS ID 470077 [1]

Drury is an unincorporated community in Falls Township, Sumner County, Kansas, United States. [1] It is located between South Haven and Caldwell near the intersection of S Drury Rd and W 175th St S, next to the Chikaskia River and next to an abandoned railroad.

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History

Drury was a station and shipping point on the Kansas Southwestern Railway that previously passed through the community, east to west, from South Haven to Caldwell. [2]

Drury had a post office from 1884 until 1921. [3]

The movie Americana was filmed in Drury.

Education

The community is served by Caldwell USD 360 public school district.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Drury, Kansas", Geographic Names Information System , United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior
  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.  549.
  3. ↑ "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961". Kansas Historical Society. Archived from the original on October 9, 2013. Retrieved June 27, 2014.

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