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Wilson County is a county located in Southeast Kansas. Its county seat is Fredonia. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 8,624. The county was named after Hiero Wilson, a colonel in the American Civil War.
Greenwood County is a county located in the southeast portion of the U.S. state of Kansas. Its county seat and most populous city is Eureka. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 6,016. The county was named for Alfred Greenwood, a U.S. congressman from Arkansas that advocated Kansas statehood.
Elk County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. Its county seat and most populous city is Howard. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 2,483. The county was named for the Elk River.
Southeast Kansas is a region of the U.S. state of Kansas. It can be roughly defined by Woodson County in the northwest, Bourbon County in the northeast, Cherokee County in the southeast, and Montgomery County in the southwest. Geographically it is dominated by a broad rolling landscape located between the Flint Hills to the west and includes the Ozarks to the southeast. Some notable towns there include Pittsburg, Parsons, Coffeyville, Independence, Chanute, Fort Scott, and Iola.
Octagon City is a ghost town in Allen County, Kansas, United States. It was a failed intentional community that was founded in 1856 about six miles (10 km) south of Humboldt, Kansas near the Neosho River. It was created by the Vegetarian Kansas Emigration Company, headed by prominent vegetarian Henry S. Clubb and entrepreneurs Charles DeWolfe and John McLaurin. The original intent was to build a vegetarian commune on the south side of the Neosho River, but investor interest in a non-vegetarian moral community was much higher and the decision was made to build Octagon City on the north side of the Neosho River to make the entire project sustainable. Members of Octagon City were under oath to educate their children and uphold a moral life.
Cofachique is a ghost town situated along the Neosho River near the present-day city of Iola in Allen County, Kansas, United States. Being the first town established in Allen County in 1855, it was the original county seat. However, within five years the greater part of the town was moved to the new town of Iola, while the old site of Cofachique became farm land. The town was named in honor of an Osage chief known as Cofachique, who is said to have been particularly helpful to early settlers, bringing aid to the distressed and homeless. The name "Cofachique" appears to have origins with the Cofachiqui tribe in South Carolina, who were Siouan speakers, and the Osage who settled this area were closely affiliated with the Siouan.
Oil Hill, Kansas is a ghost town in Butler County, Kansas, United States.
Buxton is an unincorporated community in Wilson County, Kansas, United States.
Busby is an unincorporated community in Elk County, Kansas, United States.
Cave Springs is a ghost town in Elk County, Kansas, United States.
Fiat is a ghost town in Paw Paw Township, Elk County, Kansas, United States.
Ivanpah is a ghost town in Greenwood County, Kansas, United States.
Utopia is a ghost town in Greenwood County, Kansas, United States.
Ewell is a ghost town in Sumner County, Kansas, United States. It is located about 3.5 miles southwest of Conway Springs at 0.25 mile southeast of the intersection of N Bluff Rd and W 60th Ave N, next to an abandoned railroad.
Wingate is a ghost town in Butler County, Kansas, United States. No buildings remain at this former community site.
Lexington is a ghost town in Lexington Township, Clark County, Kansas, United States.
Albion is a ghost town in Harper County, Kansas, United States.
Mount Pleasant is a ghost town in Atchison County, Kansas, United States. It was located approximately 1.5 miles north of Potter along Rawlins Rd.
Pardee is a ghost town in Atchison County, Kansas, United States.
Geary is a ghost town in Wayne Township, Doniphan County, Kansas, United States.
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- ↑ "Upola, Kansas", Geographic Names Information System , United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior
- ↑ "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961 (archived)". Kansas Historical Society. Archived from the original on October 9, 2013. Retrieved June 8, 2014.
