Slate, Kansas

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Slate, Kansas
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Coordinates: 39°28′50″N99°31′38″W / 39.48056°N 99.52722°W / 39.48056; -99.52722
Country United States
State Kansas
County Rooks
Elevation
2,172 ft (662 m)
Population
  Total
0
Time zone UTC-6 (CST)
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code 785
GNIS ID 482003 [1]

Slate is a ghost town in Bow Creek Township, Rooks County, Kansas, United States. [1]

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History

Slate was located in Bow Township along Slate Creek. [2] A post office was issued to Slate in 1880. The post office was discontinued in 1903. [3] The population of Slate was 36 as of 1910. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 "Slate, Kansas", Geographic Names Information System , United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior
  2. 1 2 Blackmar, Frank Wilson (1912). Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Volume 2, Chicago: Standard Publishing Company, p. 698
  3. "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961". Kansas Historical Society. Retrieved December 30, 2017.

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