Handy, Kansas

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Handy, Kansas
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Handy
Coordinates: 39°22′45″N98°32′45″W / 39.37917°N 98.54583°W / 39.37917; -98.54583
Country United States
State Kansas
County Osborne
Elevation
1,585 ft (483 m)
Population
 • Total0
Time zone UTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code 785
GNIS ID 481895 [1]

Handy is a ghost town in Bloom Township, Osborne County, Kansas, United States. [1]

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History

Handy was never a ghost town by any stretch of the imagination, but it was a rural post office in a farmhouse - nothing more. Handy was organized as a post office in 1882. The post office was discontinued in 1889. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Handy, Kansas", Geographic Names Information System , United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior
  2. ↑ "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961". Kansas Historical Society. Retrieved 2017-12-30.

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