Laton, Kansas

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Laton (the United States)
Coordinates: 39°17′08″N99°04′36″W / 39.28556°N 99.07667°W / 39.28556; -99.07667
Country United States
State Kansas
County Rooks
Elevation
2,073 ft (632 m)
Population
  Total0
Time zone UTC-6 (CST)
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code 785
GNIS ID 484596 [1]

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

History

Eagle Creek was issued a post office in 1878. In 1884 the post office name was changed to Laton before being discontinued in 1904. [2] In addition to the post office Laton had a school, store, cream station, garage, blacksmith shop, and telephone office. [3] The population in 1910 was 30. [4]

The Midland Trail (Red Line Highway) passed thru Laton on its initial route in 1914. The creation of U.S Route 40N (US-24) to the north and K-18 highway to the south by-passed Laton. [5]

Laton School District R-5, Rooks County, Kansas was disorganized in 1962. [6] There is nothing left of Laton.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Laton, 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 2017-12-05.
  3. "Rooks County Historical Society", Plainville Times, 3 July 1975, p.4
  4. Blackmar, Frank Wilson (1912). Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Volume 2, Chicago: Standard Publishing Company, p. 107
  5. "THE RED LINE", Plainville Times, 16 July 1914, p.1
  6. "TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN", The Natoma Luray Independent, 19 July 1962, p.5