Lucerne, Kansas

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Lucerne, Kansas
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Coordinates: 39°29′48″N100°12′01″W / 39.49667°N 100.20028°W / 39.49667; -100.20028 Coordinates: 39°29′48″N100°12′01″W / 39.49667°N 100.20028°W / 39.49667; -100.20028
Country United States
State Kansas
County Sheridan
Township Adell
Elevation
2,648 ft (807 m)
Population
 • Total0
Time zone UTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code 785
GNIS ID 484550 [1]

Lucerne is a ghost town in Adell Township, Sheridan County, Kansas, United States. It is approximately 18 miles northeast of the county seat of Hoxie.

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History

The town had a post office from 1880 until 1943. As of 2010, the remains of the town included a cemetery, stone foundation, and a partial wooden sign that used to announce the town's name. [2] As of the 2010 census, the entirety of Adell Township had a population of only 12. [3]

According to a 1912 reference work on Kansas, the town at that time held a population of 50, a general store, a hotel, a money order post office, and a daily stagecoach to the town of Jennings. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Lucerne". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ↑ Bickel, Amy (October 2010). Chicago mirrored what killed towns, The Hutchinson News
  3. ↑ Adell Township, 2010 census information Archived 2020-02-14 at archive.today , American Fact Finder, retrieved 23 October 2017
  4. ↑ Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, p. 193 (1912)

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