Wayside, Kansas

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Wayside, Kansas
CDP
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Coordinates: 37°07′29″N95°52′12″W / 37.12472°N 95.87000°W / 37.12472; -95.87000 [1]
Country United States
State Kansas
County Montgomery
Elevation
[1]
892 ft (272 m)
Population
 (2020) [2]
 • Total
19
Time zone UTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code 620
FIPS code 20-76175
GNIS ID 2804502 [1]

Wayside is a census-designated place (CDP) in Montgomery County, Kansas, United States. [1] As of the 2020 census, the population was 19. [2] It is located along U.S. Route 75, northeast of Caney and southwest of Independence.

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History

A post office was opened in Wayside in 1887, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1984. [3]

Wayside is west of the original location of the Little House on the Prairie, [4] the Kansas home of Laura Ingalls Wilder; a reconstruction of the house, along with a museum and relocated period buildings, are located at the site.

Geography

Wayside appears on the Tyro U.S. Geological Survey topographic quadrangle. Montgomery County is in the Central Time Zone (UTC -6 hours). [5]

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
2020 19—
U.S. Decennial Census

Education

The community is served by Caney Valley USD 436 public school district. [6]

Wayside High School was closed through school unification. The Wayside High School mascot was Panthers. [7]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Wayside, Kansas
  2. 1 2 "Profile of Wayside, Kansas (CDP) in 2020". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on May 31, 2022. Retrieved May 31, 2022.
  3. ↑ "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961". Kansas Historical Society. Retrieved June 16, 2014.
  4. ↑ Kaye, Frances W. (May 1, 2000). "Little Squatter on the Osage Diminished Reserve: Reading Laura Ingalls Wilder's Kansas Indians". Great Plains Quarterly. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska - Lincoln: 131. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Wayside". KS Hometown Locator. Retrieved January 30, 2014.
  6. ↑ "USD #436". USD 436. Retrieved January 10, 2017.
  7. ↑ "Wayside High School". E-YEARBOOK.COM. Retrieved January 10, 2017.

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