Hymer, Kansas

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Hymer is a ghost town in Diamond Creek Township, Chase County, Kansas, United States. [1] It was located northwest of Strong City along Diamond Creek Rd.

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History

Hymer is a corruption of the surname of Frank and George Hegwer, original landowners. [2]

A post office was opened in Hymer in 1872, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1943. [3]

Hymer was a station on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. In 1910, it contained a population of 30. [4]

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References

  1. "Hymer, Kansas", Geographic Names Information System , United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior
  2. "Profile for Hymer, Kansas". ePodunk . Retrieved 6 June 2014.
  3. "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961 (archived)". Kansas Historical Society. Archived from the original on 9 October 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
  4. Blackmar, Frank Wilson (1912). Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Embracing Events, Institutions, Industries, Counties, Cities, Towns, Prominent Persons, Etc. Standard Publishing Company. pp.  893.

Further reading

Coordinates: 38°29′10″N96°41′21″W / 38.48611°N 96.68917°W / 38.48611; -96.68917