Sugarloaf, Kansas

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Sugarloaf, Kansas
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Sugarloaf
Sugarloaf (the United States)
Coordinates: 39°32′10″N99°23′47″W / 39.53611°N 99.39639°W / 39.53611; -99.39639 Coordinates: 39°32′10″N99°23′47″W / 39.53611°N 99.39639°W / 39.53611; -99.39639
Country United States
State Kansas
County Rooks
Elevation
2,077 ft (633 m)
Population
  Total0
Time zone UTC-6 (CST)
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code 785
GNIS ID 482523 [1]

Sugarloaf is a ghost town in Sugar Loaf Township, Rooks County, Kansas, United States. [1]

History

Sugar Loaf (aka Sugarloaf) was issued a post office in 1878. The post office was renamed Sugarloaf in 1895. The Sugarloaf post office was discontinued in 1904. [2] The population in 1910 was 15. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Sugarloaf, Kansas", Geographic Names Information System , United States Geological Survey
  2. "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961". Kansas Historical Society. Retrieved 2017-12-30.
  3. Blackmar, Frank Wilson (1912). Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Volume 2, Chicago: Standard Publishing Company, p. 785