Milo, Kansas

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Milo, Kansas
Ghost town
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Coordinates: 39°10′20″N97°58′03″W / 39.17222°N 97.96750°W / 39.17222; -97.96750 [1]
Country United States
State Kansas
County Lincoln
Elevation
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1,299 ft (396 m)
Population
 • Total
0
Time zone UTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code 785
FIPS code 20-46850 [1]
GNIS ID 484773 [1]

Milo is a ghost town in Lincoln County, Kansas, United States. [1] It was located along a former railroad about halfway between the communities of Barnard and Ada.

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History

Milo was issued a post office in 1872. The post office was discontinued in 1938. [2]

The 1912 cyclopedia of Kansas describes Milo as a "country trading point" on Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, with "2 stores, an express office, and a money order postoffice with one rural route." It reported the 1910 population to be 50 people. [3]

The referenced rail line opened in 1888 as a line of the Chicago, Kansas and Western Railroad opened from Manchester in the east to Barnard in the west, a 43 mile line, with a stop at Milo. The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway took over operation of the line in 1901. [4] An application was filed in 1983 to abandon this "Minneapolis District" line. [5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Milo, 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 January 5, 2018.[ permanent dead link ]
  3. ↑ Kansas, A Cyclopedia ..., Vol. II, p. 285 (1912)
  4. ↑ Gannett, Henry (1898). A Gazetteer of Kansas. Govt. Print. Off. p. 23.
  5. ↑ The Minneapolis District, Abandoned Rails, Retrieved 21 February 2022

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