Sibley, Kansas | |
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  Sibley  Sibley | |
| Coordinates: 39°36′54″N97°42′5″W / 39.61500°N 97.70139°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Kansas |
| County | Cloud |
| Founded | 1869 |
| Named for | Lake Sibley |
| Population | |
| • Total | 0 |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
Sibley is a ghost town in Cloud County, Kansas, United States. It is located north of Concordia and the Republican River.
Sibley was founded in 1869, and named for Lake Sibley. [1] It was once in the running for the county seat but lost in an 1870 run-off election against Concordia. [2] The area is now abandoned as a town and the land is privately owned and used for farming. It is considered a ghost town.
Cloud County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. Its county seat and most populous city is Concordia. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 9,032. The county was named after William Cloud, an officer in the American Civil War.
Concordia is a city in and the county seat of Cloud County, Kansas, United States. It is located along the Republican River in the Smoky Hills region of the Great Plains in North Central Kansas. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 5,111. Concordia is home of the Cloud County Community College and the Nazareth Convent and Academy.
Napoleon Bonaparte Brown was an American businessman and politician who lived in Kansas and Missouri in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He is most known as the namesake and builder of the Brown Grand Theatre in Concordia, Kansas.
The Concordia Blade-Empire is a local newspaper for Concordia, Kansas. It is the official newspaper for Cloud County, Kansas. The paper publishes five days a week, Monday through Friday.
May Louise Cowles was an American economist, researcher, author, and advocate of Home Economics. She was a member of the faculty at the University of Wisconsin–Madison from 1915 to 1958. She had many submissions published in the Journal of Home Economics, the Journal of the American Dietetic Association, and Rural Sociology. She also produced several widely read pamphlets, including Meeting Housing Needs of Older People in Rural Areas (1957), and spoke at a string of national seminars to encourage the addition of family economics to home economics instruction across the United States.
The Brown Grand Theatre is a community-based historical theatre located in Concordia, Kansas and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The theatre has been called "the most elegant theater between Kansas City and Denver" and to this day plays host to many popular events in the region.
Camp Concordia was a prisoner-of-war camp that operated from 1943–1945. Its location is two miles north and one mile east of Concordia, Kansas. The camp was used primarily for German Army prisoners during World War II who were captured in battles that took place in Africa.
The Nazareth Convent and Academy in Concordia, Kansas is the official Motherhouse and Home for the 160 Sisters of St. Joseph of Concordia. It was built in 1903 and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. The beautiful Lourdes-Park, restored in 1990, offers a place for walking and enjoying nature and the large stained glass window is known as "the beacon light of Concordia" as it looks over the community from the convent.
James Manney Hagaman was a lawyer, land agent, newspaper editor, and the founder of Concordia, Kansas. He and his wife settled in what is now Cloud County in 1860. In addition to founding the town of Concordia, he is credited with leading the movement to separate what was then Shirley Township from Washington County in 1866.
Hollis is an unincorporated community in Cloud County, Kansas, United States.
Henry Buckingham was an American newspaper publisher and community promoter in Cloud County, Kansas. He is widely regarded as being the first to publish a newspaper in the county and makes that claim in an article written by him that was published in 1894. The paper he founded, The Republican Valley Empire was the forerunner to the current publication the Concordia Blade-Empire, a daily newspaper published in Concordia, Kansas.
The Union Pacific Railroad Depot in Concordia, Kansas, is a historic railroad depot that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The building is one of many built by the Union Pacific Railroad to assist with the company's growth across the United States.
Huscher is an unincorporated community in Cloud County, Kansas, United States.
Rice is an unincorporated community in Cloud County, Kansas, United States.
Yuma is a ghost town in Cloud County, Kansas, United States. It is located near the intersections of K-28 and County Road 777.
K-28 is a 29.019-mile-long (46.702 km) state highway in the U.S. state of Kansas. K-28's western terminus is at K-14 in Jewell, and the eastern terminus is at K-9 west of Concordia. K-28 passes through the cities of Randall and Jamestown as well as the ghost town of Yuma. The highway also passes within one mile (1.6 km) of the Jamestown Wildlife Area, a popular hunting and fishing destination. The highway is a two-lane paved road its entire length.
Lincoln Township is a township in Cloud County, Kansas, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 378.
Sibley Township is a township in Cloud County, Kansas, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 178.
Macyville is a ghost town in Cloud County, Kansas, United States.
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| Footnotes | †This community is designated a Census-Designated Place (CDP) by the United States Census Bureau. ‡This community also has portions in an adjacent county or counties. | |
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