Hoskins, Kansas | |
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| Coordinates: 39°14′05″N99°14′23″W / 39.23472°N 99.23972°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Kansas |
| County | Rooks |
| Elevation | 2,123 ft (647 m) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 0 |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| Area code | 785 |
| GNIS ID | 482534 [1] |
Hoskins is a ghost town in Corning Township, Rooks County, Kansas, United States. [1]
Hoskins was issued a post office in 1880. The post office was discontinued in 1888. There is nothing left of Hoskins. [2]
Blackpool Lights is an American indie rock band founded in Kansas City, Missouri, by The Get Up Kids guitarist Jim Suptic, bassist Brian Everard, and drummer Billy Brimblecom.
Springbrook is an unincorporated community within the city of Newberg, in Yamhill County, Oregon, United States. The community was originally named "Hoskins", after pioneer Cyrus E. Hoskins, who settled in the area. When a post office was established on June 30, 1893, the name was changed to Springbrook, since there was already a Hoskins, Oregon in Benton County. The post office closed in 1961.
Albert Herbert Hoskins was an English football forward and football manager, who managed Wolverhampton Wanderers and Gillingham.
Fort Hoskins was one of three "forts" built by the U.S. Army to monitor the Coastal Indian Reservation in Oregon Territory in the mid-19th century. The Fort Hoskins Site is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Fort Hoskins was garrisoned by a number of companies of soldiers throughout its short existence, and future Union Civil War generals Christopher Columbus Augur and Phil Sheridan were stationed there.
George Gilbert Hoskins was an American politician who served as the lieutenant governor of New York and United States Representative for the state of New York.
Theodore Hoskins, also referred to as Ted Hoskins, is an American politician with the Democratic Party. He was a member of the Missouri House of Representatives and has been mayor of Berkeley, Missouri since his election in 2012. Hoskins was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and raised in Berkeley, Missouri. He served in the United States Air Force from 1956 to 1961, and left with an honorable discharge. He received education in business administration at Florissant Valley Community College, where he obtained an associate's degree, and at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. He is married with three children, and resides in Berkeley, Missouri. Hoskins has worked in a financial capacity with Bi-State Development Agency, and is owner and CEO of T & L Automated Accounting Services.
Coalvale is an unincorporated community in Crawford County, Kansas, United States.
John Madison Hoskins was an officer and aviator in the United States Navy who retired as Vice Admiral. After graduating the United States Naval Academy, Hoskins entered flight school and served his entire subsequent career in naval aviation, serving aboard and eventually commanding aircraft carriers in the Pacific Ocean after World War II. Despite losing his right foot in an explosion which destroyed USS Princeton (CVL-23) in 1944, Hoskins refused retirement and went on to serve as the first commanding officer of the new USS Princeton (CV-37). After the war, Hoskins became a leading proponent of jet aircraft on carriers, was assigned to training command of the first naval jet aviators designated for carrier assignment.
McHale is a ghost town in Plainville Township, Rooks County, Kansas, United States.
Portage is a ghost town in Bow Creek Township, Rooks County, Kansas, United States.
Sugarloaf is a ghost town in Sugar Loaf Township, Rooks County, Kansas, United States.
Highhill is a ghost town in Medicine Township, Rooks County, Kansas, United States.
Bayne is a ghost town in Lincoln County, Kansas, United States.
Pleasant Valley is a ghost town in Lincoln County, Kansas, United States.
Decatur is a ghost town in Roosevelt Township of Decatur County, Kansas, United States.
Shibboleth is a former post village in Decatur County, Kansas, United States. Shibboleth Cemetery is located in the eastern part of the present-day Prairie Dog Township.
Township 12 is a township in Rooks County, Kansas, United States. Codell is the largest population center in Township 12.
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| Footnotes | †This community is designated a Census-Designated Place (CDP) by the United States Census Bureau. | |
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