Igo, Kansas

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Igo, Kansas
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Igo
Coordinates: 39°19′20″N99°08′56″W / 39.32222°N 99.14889°W / 39.32222; -99.14889
Country United States
State Kansas
County Rooks
Elevation
1,880 ft (570 m)
Population
  Total
0
Time zone UTC-6 (CST)
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code 785
GNIS ID 481907 [1]

Igo is a ghost town in Medicine Township, Rooks County, Kansas, United States. [1]

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History

Igo was located in Medicine Township along Big Medicine Creek. [2] A post office was issued to Igo in 1877. The post office was discontinued in 1904. [3] There is nothing left of Igo.

References

  1. 1 2 "Igo, Kansas", Geographic Names Information System , United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior
  2. Blackmar, Frank Wilson (1912). Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Volume 1, Chicago: Standard Publishing Company, p. 895
  3. "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961". Kansas Historical Society. Retrieved December 30, 2017.

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