Faulkner, Kansas

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Faulkner, Kansas
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Faulkner
Coordinates: 37°06′05″N95°00′42″W / 37.10139°N 95.01167°W / 37.10139; -95.01167 [1]
Country United States
State Kansas
County Cherokee
Elevation
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830 ft (250 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (CST)
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code 620
FIPS code 20-23300
GNIS ID 484435 [1]

Faulkner is an unincorporated community in Cherokee County, Kansas, United States. [1] It is located southeast of Oswego along SW 100th St.

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History

Faulkner was a shipping point on the Missouri Pacific Railroad. [2]

Economy

Faulkner has one business, Faulkner Grain.[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Faulkner
  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.  633.

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