Stickney, Kansas

Stickney, Kansas
Stickney, Kansas
Unincorporated community
	KDOT map of Barton County (legend)
	Stickney Stickney
	Coordinates: 38°38′17″N98°49′46″W / 38.63806°N 98.82944°W
Country	United States
State	Kansas
County	Barton
Township	Wheatland
Elevation	1,955 ft (596 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code	67544
Area code	620
FIPS code	20-68250
GNIS ID	484733

Last updated September 15, 2023

Stickney is an unincorporated area in Wheatland Township, Barton County, Kansas, United States.^[1] It is the site of a grain elevator, but there is no community or settlement at Stickney.^[2]

History

A post office opened at Stickney in 1898 and remained in operation until 1913.^[3]

Geography

Stickney is 1 mile (1.6 km) east of U.S. Route 281 and 19 miles (31 km) north of Great Bend, the county seat.^[4]

Stickney lies roughly 1.5 miles (2.4 km) east of Sellens Creek, a tributary of the Smoky Hill River, in the Smoky Hills region of the Great Plains.^[4]^[5]

Transportation

Stickney lies at the intersection of NW 190 Road, a paved east–west county road, and NW 30 Avenue, an unpaved north–south county road.^[4]

The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway formerly operated a freight rail line that ran east–west through Stickney, but the line has since been removed.^[4]

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References

1 2 3 4 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Stickney, Kansas
↑ "Stickney, KS [Street View]". Google Maps . Retrieved July 17, 2015.
↑ "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961". Kansas Historical Society. Archived from the original on October 9, 2013. Retrieved August 2, 2014.
1 2 3 4 "General Highway Map - Barton County, Kansas". Kansas Department of Transportation. 2009. Retrieved July 22, 2015.
↑ "2003-2004 Official Transportation Map" (PDF). Kansas Department of Transportation. 2003. Retrieved July 22, 2015.

External links

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[GNIS-1] 1 2 3 4 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Stickney, Kansas

[GoogleMaps-2] "Stickney, KS [Street View]". Google Maps . Retrieved July 17, 2015.

[3] "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961". Kansas Historical Society. Archived from the original on October 9, 2013. Retrieved August 2, 2014.

[CountyMap-4] 1 2 3 4 "General Highway Map - Barton County, Kansas". Kansas Department of Transportation. 2009. Retrieved July 22, 2015.

[KDOT-5] "2003-2004 Official Transportation Map" (PDF). Kansas Department of Transportation. 2003. Retrieved July 22, 2015.

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v t e Municipalities and communities of Barton County, Kansas, United States
County seat: Great Bend
Cities	Albert Claflin Ellinwood Galatia Great Bend Hoisington Olmitz Pawnee Rock Susank	Map of Kansas highlighting Barton County
Unincorporated communities	Beaver† Boyd Dubuque‡ Dundee Heizer Hitschmann Odin† Redwing Stickney
Townships	Albion Beaver Buffalo Cheyenne Clarence Cleveland Comanche Eureka Fairview Grant Great Bend Independent Lakin Liberty Logan North Homestead Pawnee Rock South Bend South Homestead Union Walnut Wheatland
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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