Jerome, Kansas | |
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  Jerome  Jerome | |
| Coordinates: 38°44′50″N100°31′38″W / 38.74722°N 100.52722°W [1] | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Kansas |
| County | Gove |
| Elevation | 2,510 ft (770 m) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 0 |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| Area code | 785 |
| GNIS ID | 482217 [1] |
Jerome is a ghost town in Jerome Township, Gove County, Kansas, United States. [1]
Jerome was issued a post office in 1886. The post office was discontinued in 1943. [2] Jerome was once a flourishing town with a hotel, a newspaper (the Smoky Hill Globe), several stores, and professionals. By 1910 its population has declined to 12. [3]
Gove County is a county in the U.S. state of Kansas. Its county seat is Gove City, and its most populous city is Quinter. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 2,718. The county was named for Granville Gove, a captain of Company G of the 11th Kansas Cavalry Regiment Volunteer Cavalry, who died from battle wounds during the American Civil War.
Gove City, more commonly known as Gove, is a city in and the county seat of Gove County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 80.
Castle Rock is a 70 ft (21 m) tall chalk pillar landmark in Gove County, Kansas, United States. The formation and the nearby badlands are located in the Smoky Hills region of Kansas, which is approximately 11 mi (18 km) south of I-70 near Quinter, Kansas.
Jerome Township may refer to the following places in the United States:
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| Footnotes | ‡This community also has portions in an adjacent county or counties. | |
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