Ghost Towns of Kansas (E-H)

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Elgin, KS

County: Chautauqua
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Latitude / Longitude: 37°0’6″N 96°16’51″W
Elevation: 784 ft (239 m)
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Comments: Elgin is a city in Chautauqua County, Kansas, United States, on the state line with Oklahoma. Elgin was founded in 1869. The post office in Elgin was discontinued in 1976.
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Current Status: As of the 2010 census, the city population was 89. The south edge of the city is the Kansas-Oklahoma state border.
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Elk, KS

County: Chase, Marion
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Latitude / Longitude: 37°0′6″N 96°16′51″W / 37.00167°N 96.28083°W / 37.00167
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Comments: Elk was an unincorporated community in Chase and Marion counties in the U.S. state of Kansas. It is currently a ghost town that lays along Middle Creek northwest of Elmdale and straddled the county line between Chase and Marion County.
Remains: For many millennia, the Great Plains of North America were inhabited by nomadic Native Americans. From the 16th century to 18th century, the Kingdom of France claimed ownership of large parts of North America, including this . After its defeat in the French and Indian War, France secretly ceded New France to Spain, by the Treaty of Fontainebleau.
Current Status: No buildings now remain in Elk, and it is considered a Ghost Town.
Remarks: In 1802, Spain returned most of the land to France. In 1803, much of modern day Kansas was acquired by the United States from France as part of the 828,000 square mile Louisiana Purchase at a price of 2.83 cents per acre. In 1854, the Kansas Territory was organized, and the following year Marion County was established, including portions of Elk. Six years later, Kansas was admitted as a state.

Elm Mills, KS

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Latitude / Longitude: 37°26′02″N 98°41′13″W / 37.43389°N 98.68694°W / 37.43389
Elevation: 1,722 ft (525 m)
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Elmo, KS

County: Dickinson
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Latitude / Longitude: 38°41′3″N 97°13′48″W / 38.68417°N 97.23000°W / 38.68417
Elevation: 1,355 ft (413 m)
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Comments: Elmo is a small unincorporated community in Dickinson County, Kansas, United States. Elmo is located 15 miles (24 km) south of Abilene at the northwest corner of K-15 and K-4.
Remains: For many millennia, the Great Plains of North America was inhabited by nomadic Native Americans. From the 16th century to 18th century, the Kingdom of France claimed ownership of large parts of North America. In 1762, after the French and Indian War, France secretly ceded New France to Spain, per the Treaty of Fontainebleau.
Current Status: In 2014, a group of locals adopted the Sesame Street character Elmo as its mascot to be placed on a new sign.
Remarks: In 1899, Elias Sellerds discovered a well-preserved trove of insect fossils about 3 miles south of Elmo in the Lower-Permian Elmo-Limestone member of the Wellington-Formation. In 1925, Frank M. Carpenter begins studying the fossil bed. In 1928, Robert John Tillyard researched the same fossil bed. The Elmo site has produced tens of thousands of specimens, with more than 150 species of insects described, including large fossils of Meganeuropsis. The site is located on private land and closed to the public.

Emerald Community, KS

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Eminence, KS

County: Finney
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Latitude / Longitude: 38°08’50″N 100°30’37″W
Elevation: 2,608 ft (795 m)
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Established: 1887
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Comments: Eminence is a ghost town in Finney County, Kansas, United States.
Remains: Eminence was founded in 1887.
Current Status: A post office was opened in Eminence in June 1887, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1942.
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Empire, KS

County: Ellsworth
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Latitude / Longitude: 38°39’12″N 098°02’09″W
Elevation: 1,506 ft (459 m)
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Comments: Empire Township is a township in Ellsworth County, Kansas, USA.
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Current Status: As of the 2000 census, its population was 174.
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Empire City, KS

County: Cherokee
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Latitude / Longitude: 37° 5′ 21″ N, 94° 38′ 31″ W
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Comments: Empire City is an unincorporated community in Cherokee County, Kansas, in the United States.
Remains: Empire City once had a post office; it was discontinued in 1913.
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Englewood, KS

County: Clark
Zip Code: 67840
Latitude / Longitude: 37°2′10″N 99°59′16″W / 37.03611°N 99.98778°W / 37.03611
Elevation: 1,969 ft (600 m)
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Comments: Englewood is a city in Clark County, Kansas, United States.
Remains: Englewood was founded in 1884. It was named after the city of Englewood, Illinois. The first post office in Englewood was established in 1885.
Current Status: As of the 2010 census, the city population was 77.
Remarks: In the early 20th century, Englewood was planned to become the northern terminus of the since defunct Wichita Falls and Northwestern Railway, one of the Frank Kell/Joseph A. Kemp properties based in Wichita Falls, Texas. The northern terminus was actually established in 1912 at Forgan, Oklahoma, then later rail service to Forgan ended in 1973, as Altus, Oklahoma became the northern terminus of the successor company.

Eustis, KS

Fact, KS

Fairport, KS

County: Russell
Zip Code: 67665
Latitude / Longitude: 39°02′45″N 99°01′50″W / 39.04583°N 99.03056°W / 39.04583
Elevation: 1,686 ft (514 m)
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Comments: Fairport is an unincorporated community in Paradise Township, Russell County, Kansas, United States. It is located about 12 miles north of Gorham near the west county line and next the Saline River.
Remains: In 1879, Knight & Bradshaw built Fairport Mills, a steam and water-powered flour mill, at a site on the Saline River northwest of Russell, Kansas. A rural post office had opened near the site in October 1878 under the name Clarkson, but changed its name to Fairport in 1881. The village of Fairport grew up around the mill and, by 1910, had local trade and a population of 75. The post office closed in 1959.
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Fargo Springs, KS

Farlington, KS

County: Crawford
Zip Code: 66734
Latitude / Longitude: 37°37′04″N 94°49′40″W / 37.61778°N 94.82778°W / 37.61778
Elevation: 991 ft (302 m)
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Comments: Farlington is an unincorporated community in Crawford County, Kansas, United States. Farlington is located near K-7 8 miles (13 km) north of Girard. Farlington has a post office with ZIP code 66734.
Remains: The first post office in Farlington was established in July, 1870.
Current Status: Farlington was a shipping point on the St. Louis–San Francisco Railway, and was laid out in 1869 when that line was extended to it.
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Farmer City, KS

County: Wichita
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Latitude / Longitude: 38°17′8″N 101°11′35″W / 38.28556°N 101.19306°W / 38.28556
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Comments: Farmer City is a ghost town in Wichita County, Kansas, United States. It was hoped that it would become the county seat — a compromise between the fighting towns of Leoti and Coronado. Soon after Leoti won the fight, Farmer City and most of Coronado vanished.
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Farnsworth, KS

Fort Cavagnial, KS

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Latitude / Longitude: 39° 23′ 54.96″ N, 94° 57′ 55.8″ W
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Established: 1744
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Comments: Fort de Cavagnial (also known as Fort Cavagnolle or Post of the Missouri or Fort de la Trinité) was a French fort on the west side of the Missouri River somewhere north of Kansas City, Kansas, and Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, from 1744 until about 1764.
Remains: The fort named for Louisiana Governor Marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnial, was the furthest west on the Missouri at the time. Its first commandant was François Coulon de Villiers who came from an illustrious New France military family (the slaughter of his brother Joseph Coulon de Jumonville while in the custody of George Washington was to ignite the French and Indian War and another brother Louis Coulon de Villiers was the only commander to whom Washington ever surrendered).
Current Status: The fort was abandoned by France after the Louisiana Territory was ceded to Spain in the treaties concluding the French and Indian War.
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Fostoria, KS

County: Pottawatomie
Zip Code: 66426
Latitude / Longitude: 39°26’23″N 96°30’28″W
Elevation: 1,473 ft (449 m)
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Comments: Fostoria is an unincorporated community in Pottawatomie County, Kansas, United States.
Remains: Fostoria is 6 miles (9.7 km) east of Olsburg. Fostoria has a post office with ZIP code 66426. The first post office in Fostoria was established in 1884.
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Four Houses, KS

County: Osage
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Franklin, KS

County: Crawford
Zip Code: 66735
Latitude / Longitude: 38°56′02″N 95°10′34″W / 38.9338°N 95.1761°W / 38.9338
Elevation: 988 ft (429 m)
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Comments: Franklin is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Crawford County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a of 375. Franklin is located along U.S. Route 69 1 mile (1.6 km) south of Arma, or 5.9 miles (9.5 km) north of Frontenac. Franklin has a post office with ZIP code 66735.
Remains: Franklin began as a mining community in the early 1900s. It is located just off Highway 69 Bypass which is a major corridor between Kansas City and Pittsburg, Ks./Joplin, Mo. Franklin was a shipping point on the Joplin & Pittsburg electric railroad. The first post office in Franklin was established in 1908. On May 4, 2003, a high-end F4 tornado ripped through Franklin, the path reached over 0.5 miles (0.80 km) wide at points. Franklin was all but destroyed, the U.S. Post Office, community center, and approximately 1/3 of family homes were destroyed. Four deaths and approximately 20 injuries were reported.
Current Status: Franklin Sidewalk National and Kansas Historic Site & Guinness World Record Holder Listed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior March 16, 2007 and on the Kansas Register of Historic Places November 18, 2006. Constructed in 1936 with federal funding assistance, the Franklin Sidewalk connects two rural mining communities in Crawford County – Arma and Franklin. The 3-foot wide sidewalk begins at the south edge of Arma and stretches south 1.7 miles to the south edge of Franklin. It has become well known as the “longest sidewalk connecting two communities”. It runs adjacent to Business 69 Highway also known as “Jefferson Highway” and the “Frontier Military Scenic Byway”.
Remarks: In Disney’s 1985 film Return to Oz, Dorothy Gale lived with Aunt Em and Uncle Henry outside of Franklin or near it in Crawford County.

Frederick, KS

County: Rice
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Latitude / Longitude: 38°30′48″N 98°16′6″W / 38.51333°N 98.26833°W / 38.51333
Elevation: 1,759 ft (536 m)
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Comments: Frederick is a city in Rice County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 18. In 2015, the U.S. Census Bureau estimated the population of 18, though a newspaper estimated the population to be 9. Frederick was incorporated in 1909. It was a shipping point at the junction of the Missouri Patfic and the St. Louis & San Francisco railroads. A post office was opened in Frederick (also spelled historically Frederic) in 1887, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1954.
Remains: In July 2015, Government officials report considering un-incorporating the city. As of August 2015, for the first time in nearly 130 years, the city doesn’t have a city council and no one ran for mayor in April 2015. The future of Frederick is uncertain because Rice County doesn’t have the power to unincorporate the city. According to state law, residents must bring a petition to the city council, then a special election will be called for a vote, but since there isn’t a city council then it can’t happen.
Current Status: In November 2016, the community voted on whether dissolve Frederick. Election workers at the Eureka Township voting location accidentally made a mistake by giving the wrong ballots to township residents who didn’t actually live in Frederick. 20 people voted, 13 voted to keep the community alive, but currently only 9 people live in Frederick. The mistake was caught more than a week after the vote was certified, which is after the 5 day window to contest a vote, thus Kansas Law locked the outcome, Frederick is still a city.
Remarks: In November 2017, another ballot issue was voted on whether to dissolve the city. The vote was 2-2.

Freedom Colony, KS

Freeport, KS

County: Harper
Zip Code: 67049
Latitude / Longitude: 37°11′50″N 97°51′23″W / 37.19722°N 97.85639°W / 37.19722
Elevation: 1,335 ft (407 m)
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Comments: Freeport is an unincorporated in Harper County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 5, Until November 2017, it was the smallest incorporated city in the state of Kansas.
Remains: Freeport was founded in 1885. It was located on the Missouri Pacific Railway. The first post office in Freeport was established in September 1885.
Current Status: The city was dissolved by a vote of 4-0 in November 2017 election.
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Galatia, KS

County: Barton
Zip Code: 67564
Latitude / Longitude: 38°38′29″N 98°57′32″W / 38.64139°N 98.95889°W / 38.64139
Elevation: 1,998 ft (609 m)
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Comments: Galatia is a city in Barton County, Kansas, United States.
Remains: Settler David C. Barrows founded the community and laid out the town site in 1885. Originally named Four Corners, settler Henry G. Weber renamed it Galatia after his hometown of Galatia, Illinois. The first building constructed was a United Brethren church. A post office was established at Galatia in 1889. The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway extended a rail line to Galatia (from Holyrood 31.20 miles away) on July 1, 1919, and the town grew to include three grain elevators, a bank, a lumberyard, and three general stores. By 1921, the had grown to 202. After that, however, the began to decline. The post office closed in 1966.
Current Status: As of the 2010 census, the city population was 39.
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Gandy, KS

Garrison, KS

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Comments: The Garrison Formation is a geologic formation in Kansas, U.S.A. It preserves fossils dating back to the Permian period.
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Geary City, KS

Geneva, KS

County: Allen
Zip Code: 66749
Latitude / Longitude: 38°1′1″N 95°29′39″W / 38.01694°N 95.49417°W / 38.01694 -95.49417 U
Elevation: 1,024 ft (312 m)
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Comments: Geneva is an unincorporated community in the northwestern part of Allen County, located in southeast Kansas, in the central United States.
Remains: The town of Geneva was founded by free-state men in the summer of 1857. A colony was formed in New York under the leadership of Ephraim Fisk, and another in Michigan under the leadership of Merritt Moore. These united, forming the Union Settlement Association, among the prominent members in which were Dr. B.L.G. Stone, G.L. Wait, S.T. Jones, Rev. G.S. Northrup, I.A. Holman, P.P. Phillips, E.J. Brinkerhoff, J.H. Spicer, A.P. Sain, H.R. Somers, Frank Ureidenberg, J.C. Redfield, and J.M. Mattoon. The colony selected the northwestern part of Allen County for a location, and started out with great expectations. There were about 300 families engaged to settle at once. It was decided to locate and lay out a town comprising not less than 640 acres (2.6 km2) of land. The site was chosen on account of the fertile prairie land around, as well as the heavy timber so close along the banks of the streams. It was decided to at once begin the building of a large structure and to found a non-sectarian college and academy.
Current Status: Although official s are not compiled for unincorporated places, the population of the surrounding Geneva Township was 172 in the 2000 census.
Remarks: Geneva continued to exist as a small unincorporated community, and by the year 1869 it contained two stores, one blacksmith shop, a wagon shop, a hotel, a Congregational Church built of stone, and an academy. This building was a frame structure two stories high, and the school had been established in 1866 under charge of the Neosho Presbytery. The was then about one hundred. By 1872 additional improvements were made, and several business enterprises were undertaken that afterward fell through. It was expected that a railroad would be built through that part of the county, and when the town failed to secure it, it began to decline. Geneva had a post office from November 1858 until September 1942.

Geuda Springs, KS

County: Sumner, Cowley
Zip Code: 67051
Latitude / Longitude: 37°6′44″N 97°9′3″W / 37.11222°N 97.15083°W / 37.11222
Elevation: 1,112 ft (339 m)
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Comments: Geuda Springs is a city in Cowley and Sumner counties in the U.S. state of Kansas.
Remains: On the line between Cowley and Sumner counties is a remarkable group of salt springs that put out 100 to 450 gallons each per hour and have been known since the earliest settlement of that section. These springs are on a branch of the St. Louis & San Francisco railroad, a little to the north of the town of Geuda Springs and about 7 miles (11 km) from Arkansas City. The waters from these springs infiltrate the waters of the nearby creeks. A lake formed by the creek near these springs has been greatly enlarged by damming the creek and now covers about 50 acres (200,000 m2), making it the largest body of salt water in the state. Geuda is said to be an Indian word, Ge-u-da, meaning healing springs, and the place must have been a well known stopping place with the Indians. Many improvements were made at the springs during the latter 1880’s, including a bath-house and hotel, lake improvements, and new automobile access. Much of the water has been bottled and shipped to points in Kansas and adjoining states. About 1890, a dam with a flume outlet was built across the salt marsh just north of the springs, which filled the marsh with water and created a lake large enough for recreational boating.
Current Status: As of the 2010 census, the city population was 185.
Remarks: Later in the 1900s, the of Geuda Springs slowly declined. During the 1950s, Geuda Springs had a bar which featured slot machines, dancing and music. A volunteer fire department exists to protect the town and the surrounding but primary fire protection is provided by Arkansas City. In the 1990s, a new community center was built for the residents. It is surrounded by homes over 80 years of age and an old church building. Geuda Springs has a cemetery to the northwest of town with tombstones dating to the 1870s. One notable gunfighter Luke Short, died in Geuda Springs in 1893 of congestive heart failure.

Goguac, KS

Granada, KS

Guilford, KS

County: Wilson
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Latitude / Longitude: 37° 36′ 18″ N, 95° 43′ 33.96″ W
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Comments: Guilford Township is a township in Wilson County, Kansas, in the United States.
Remains: Guilford Township was created in 1868. It was named after Guilford, New York.
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Guittard Station, KS

Hail Ridge, KS

County: Linn
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Comments: Hail Ridge is a ghost town in Linn County, Kansas, United States, located nine miles (14 km) southwest of Mound City and five miles (8 km) east of Blue Mound.
Remains: There existed a one room school house (N0. 29) in Hail Ridge. It operated from 1875 to 1957. School sections of the time were planned to cover 6 square miles (16 km2) with a one room school building in the middle of the section. The one room school building called Hail Ridge was located at the current intersection of Ingram and 600 Road. Three miles in each direction of the building would encompass the territory south of 900 Road and north of 300 Road and west of Lewis Road and east of Farris Road.
Current Status: Hester Elliot was one of the school’s teachers. George Ferguson was the last teacher when it closed in 1957. Grades 1-8 were taught and most children rode horses or walked to the school.
Remarks: Formerly (1879 – 1888) Hail Ridge had a US post office that possibly was located where the Weatherby family had a general store located at the midpoint of the southern border of section 30 in the Mound City Township. Family names of those who lived in the during the early to late 1900s were Paddock, Stites, Stockhoff, Strawbridge, Robinson, Sisson, Priest, Morrell, Weatherby, Davis, Johnson, and Rogers.

Harlan, KS

County: Smith
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Latitude / Longitude: 39° 36′ 20″ N, 98° 46′ 1″ W
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Comments: Harlan is an unincorporated community in Smith County, Kansas, USA.
Remains: Harlan was named for John C. Harlan, a pioneer settler.
Current Status: A post office was opened in Harlan in the 1870s, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1995.
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Hartland, KS

County: Kearny
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Latitude / Longitude: 38°00’33″N 101°25’55″W
Elevation: 3,307 ft (1,008 m)
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Comments: Hartland Township is a township in Kearny County, Kansas, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 128.
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Havana, KS

County: Montgomery
Zip Code: 67347
Latitude / Longitude: 37°5’28″N 95°56’31″W
Elevation: 761 ft (232 m)
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Comments: Havana is a city in Montgomery County, Kansas, United States.
Remains: Havana was founded in about 1870, when a general store was built there. It was named after Havana, Illinois. The first post office in Havana was established in 1871.
Current Status: As of the 2010 census, the city population was 104.
Remarks: Havana experienced growth in 1886 when the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway was extended to that point. It incorporated as a city in 1910.

Hawkeye, KS

Hess, KS

County: Gray
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Latitude / Longitude: 37°36’00″N 100°16’02″W
Elevation: 2,753 ft (839 m)
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Comments: East Hess Township is a township in Gray County, Kansas, USA.
Remains: East Hess Township covers an of 108.42 square miles (280.8 km2) and contains one incorporated settlement, Ensign. According to the USGS, it contains three cemeteries: Cave, Ensign and Johnson.
Current Status: As of the 2000 census, its population was 372.
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Hewins, KS

County: Chautauqua
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Latitude / Longitude: 37°2′27″N 96°24′30″W / 37.04083°N 96.40833°W / 37.04083
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Comments: Hewins is a small unincorporated community in Chautauqua County, Kansas, United States. The post office was established April 4, 1906, and closed April 8, 1966. Hewins was named after Edwin M. Hewins, a rancher and member of the Kansas Legislature.
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Hickory Point, KS

County: Butler
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Latitude / Longitude: 37°36’25″N 096°37’26″W
Elevation: 1,460 ft (445 m)
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Comments: Hickory Township is a township in Butler County, Kansas, USA.
Remains: Hickory Township was organized in 1875.
Current Status: As of the 2000 census, its population was 90.
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Hitschmann, KS

Holland, KS

County: Dickinson
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Latitude / Longitude: 38°45′43″N 97°16′46″W / 38.76194°N 97.27944°W / 38.76194
Elevation: 1,230 ft (375 m)
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Comments: Holland is a rural unincorporated community in Dickinson County, Kansas, United States.
Remains: For many millennia, the Great Plains of North America was inhabited by nomadic Native Americans. From the 16th century to 18th century, the Kingdom of France claimed ownership of large parts of North America. In 1762, after the French and Indian War, France secretly ceded New France to Spain, per the Treaty of Fontainebleau.
Current Status: In 1854, the Kansas Territory was organized, then in 1861 Kansas became the 34th U.S. state. In 1857, Dickinson County was established within the Kansas Territory, which included the land for modern day Holland. Holland was founded in 1872. A post office in Holland opened in 1872, closed temporarily in 1875, reopened in 1884, and reclosed in 1906.
Remarks: In 1802, Spain returned most of the land to France. In 1803, most of the land for modern day Kansas was acquired by the United States from France as part of the 828,000 square mile Louisiana Purchase for 2.83 cents per acre.

Hopewell, KS

County: Washington
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Latitude / Longitude: 37°48′17″N 98°59′44″W / 37.80472°N 98.99556°W / 37.80472
Elevation: 1,591 ft (485 m)
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Comments: Hopewell is an extinct town in Washington County, Kansas, United States. It lay at an elevation of 1591 feet (485 m).
Remains: A post office was opened in Hopewell in 1879, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1890.
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Hukle, KS

County: Pratt
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Hunnewell, KS

County: Sumner
Zip Code: 67140
Latitude / Longitude: 37°0′16″N 97°24′26″W / 37.00444°N 97.40722°W / 37.00444
Elevation: 1,115 ft (340 m)
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Comments: Hunnewell is a city in Sumner County, Kansas, United States. Hunnewell was founded in 1880. It was named for Boston financier and railway owner H. H. Hunnewell.
Remains: In its heyday, Hunnewell was serving as a shipping point for Texas cattle, and was a prosperous cattle town during the 1880s. The Leavenworth, Lawrence and Galveston Railroad provided quick access to the Kansas City, Kansas stockyards, and in the towns heyday it had one hotel, two general stores, one barber shop, two dance halls, and eight saloons. With little more than railroad workers and cowboys, violence was common. There were no lawmen to speak of during the 1880s in or around that , and typically cattle rustling and other crimes were dealt with by the ranchers themselves. This culminated in the Hunnewell, Kansas Gunfight, on October 5, 1884.
Current Status: As of the 2010 census, the city population was 67.
Remarks: A post office was opened in Hunnewell in 1880, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1960.

Eagle Springs, KS