Teterville, Kansas

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Teterville, Kansas
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Coordinates: 38°2′35″N96°25′14″W / 38.04306°N 96.42056°W / 38.04306; -96.42056 [1]
Country United States
State Kansas
County Greenwood
Elevation
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1,608 ft (490 m)
Population
  Total
0
Time zone UTC-6 (CST)
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code 620
FIPS code 20-70275
GNIS ID 484837 [1]

Teterville is a ghost town in Greenwood County, Kansas, United States. [1] It is located approximately 11 miles east of Cassoday. No buildings remain of this former community.

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History

Teterville was founded as an "oil town" sometime after the Teeter Oil Field was discovered circa 1920. [2] The oil field was named in honor of James Teter, who owned about 6900 acres of land in Greenwood County. [3] [4] A post office was opened in Teterville in 1927, and remained in operation until being discontinued in 1962. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Teterville, Kansas", Geographic Names Information System , United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior
  2. Teeter-Scott Field - Oil and Gas Production.
  3. 1 2 Teterville Kansas, Teter Oil Fields, and Teter Rock. Archived 2014-11-10 at the Wayback Machine
  4. 1 2 Teterville and Teter Rock; kansastravel.org
  5. "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961, page 2 (archived)". Kansas Historical Society. Archived from the original on March 10, 2013. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  6. James Teter biography

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