Gordon, Kansas | |
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  Gordon  Gordon | |
| Coordinates: 37°35′19″N96°59′26″W / 37.58861°N 96.99056°W [1] | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Kansas |
| County | Butler |
| Elevation | 1,217 ft (371 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| FIPS code | 20-26950 |
| GNIS ID | 475032 [1] |
Gordon is an unincorporated community in Butler County, Kansas, United States. [1]
A post office existed in Gordon from June 30, 1884, to June 30, 1936. [2]
Gordon was a station on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. [3]
The community is served by Augusta USD 402 public school district.
Butler County is a county in the U.S. state of Kansas and is the largest county in the state by total area. Its county seat is El Dorado and its most populous city is Andover. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 67,380. The county was named for Andrew Butler, a U.S. Senator from South Carolina who coauthored the Kansas–Nebraska Act.
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Plum Grove is a ghost town in Butler County, Kansas, United States. It was located in a rural area north of modern-day Potwin. No buildings remain at this former community site.
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| Footnotes | †This community is designated a Census-Designated Place (CDP) by the United States Census Bureau. | |