Wilmington, Kansas | |
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 Main road in Wilmington | |
  Wilmington  Wilmington | |
| Coordinates: 38°44′40.02″N95°57′33.96″W / 38.7444500°N 95.9594333°W [1] | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Kansas |
| County | Wabaunsee |
| Organized | 1858 [2] |
| Elevation | 1,178 ft (359 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| FIPS code | 20-79515 |
| GNIS ID | 484884 [1] |
Wilmington is an unincorporated community in Wabaunsee County, Kansas, United States. [1] It is located approximately 4 miles south of Harveyville, Kansas.
A post office was opened in Wilmington in 1857 and a stone church and school opened in 1870. Wilmington initially hosted 30 houses, two stores, a blacksmith, two doctors, a wagon shop and a hotel. The town met it's demise when the Manhattan, Burlingame & Alma Railroad was built through Harveyville. Shortly after many businesses moved away and the population dwindled. The post office closed in 1906 and by 1910 the population had fallen to 69. The school closed in 1950 and still stands today. [3]
Wilmington was a stop on the Santa Fe Trail. [4]
The community is served by Mission Valley USD 330 public school district.
Wabaunsee County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. Its county seat is Alma. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 6,877. The county was named for Chief Waubonsie of the Potawatomi Indians.
Alma is a city in and the county seat of Wabaunsee County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 802.
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Harveyville is a city in Wabaunsee County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 178. It is located 8.5 miles (13.7 km) northwest of the city of Burlingame.
Paxico is a city in Wabaunsee County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 210.
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Newbury is an unincorporated community in Wabaunsee County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the community and nearby areas was 78. It is located approximately 2 miles northwest of Paxico.
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Terra Cotta is a ghost town in Ellsworth County, Kansas, United States.
Mission Valley USD 330 is a public unified school district headquartered in Eskridge, Kansas, United States. The district includes the communities of Eskridge, Harveyville, Dover, Keene, Wilmington, and nearby rural areas.
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| 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. | |
