Dead towns of Kansas

Kansas has more than 6,000 dead towns. Here are a few of them I traveled to as a Hutchinson News journalist.

Friday, January 27, 2012

Christian, a McPherson County Dead Town

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Christian is located a mile south of Moundridge. In 1874, the first wave of Mennonites immigrated to Kansas in search of religious...
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Thursday, January 12, 2012

Elmo, Kansas - A Dickinson County Dead Town

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Elmo is located in Dickinson County. I have a personal connection to Elmo, as my great grandparents and my great-great grandparents are bu...
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Sunday, December 18, 2011

Dermot, Stevens and Morton County

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By Amy Bickel - The Hutchinson News - abickel@hutchnews.com DERMOT - Some folks, Charlie Milburn said with a chuckle,...
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Friday, December 16, 2011

Alta Mills, a former Harvey County community.

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Television radar maps sometimes show the spot along the Little Arkansas River and older folks around these parts ...

Zenith, a dead town in Stafford County

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Zenith flourished once, long years ago, but withered badly with the march of years. Now comes again new vigor and new life, springing fr...
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Friday, November 18, 2011

Selkirk, Kansas, WIchita County

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AP story from Dec. 26, 1956 A freight car loaded with a secret shipment of government exploseives caught fire and blew up at the edge of...
Monday, June 27, 2011

Trousdale, Kansas -

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Trousdale began when the Anthony and Northern Railroad came through the area in 1915. It was named after a Newton man who had l...
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I'm an agricultural journalist for the Hutchinson News. I love Kansas - and I have a passion for telling stories centered on Kansas agriculture, rural life and Kansas history. I've been chronicling Kansas' dead towns for The News - through this blog and newspaper stories - since 2010. Many are featured in the book "Dead Towns of Central and Western Kansas."
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