Forney, Kansas | |
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  Forney  Forney | |
| Coordinates: 39°24′56″N98°37′12″W / 39.41556°N 98.62000°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Kansas |
| County | Osborne |
| Elevation | 1,522 ft (464 m) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 0 |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| Area code | 785 |
| GNIS ID | 484593 [1] |
Forney is a ghost town in Osborne County, Kansas, United States. [1]
Forney was a private tin & wood grain elevator erected in 1901 by Aaron H. Forney on his farm in southeastern Penn Township, along the railroad passing through his property. It was taken down in the 1980s. Because there was an elevator, people assumed for many years that there was a former town at the site, but this is incorrect. The closest thing to a settlement or community in the region was a mile north of the Forney elevator, where in the early 1870s Alfred N. Fritchey tried to establish the townsite of Fritchey City, but failed in the attempt.
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John Weiss Forney was an American newspaper publisher and politician. He was clerk of the United States House of Representatives from 1851 through 1856, and again from 1860 through 1861. He was thereafter secretary of the United States Senate from 1861 through 1868.
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