Yoxall, Kansas

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Yoxall, Kansas
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Coordinates: 39°19′48″N98°33′51″W / 39.33000°N 98.56417°W / 39.33000; -98.56417
Country United States
State Kansas
County Osborne
Elevation
1,745 ft (532 m)
Population
  Total0
Time zone UTC-6 (CST)
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code 785
GNIS ID 482046 [1]

Yoxall is a ghost town in Bloom Township, Osborne County, Kansas, United States. [1]

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History

Yoxall was never a small settlement but only a lone rural post office, organized in 1880 and named after Fred Yoxall, longtime postmaster in the nearby town of Osborne, Kansas. The post office was discontinued in 1894. There is nothing left of Yoxall. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Yoxall, Kansas", Geographic Names Information System , United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior
  2. "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961". Kansas Historical Society. Retrieved 2017-12-30.

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