KANSAS COLLECTION ARTICLES
"Orphan Trains of Kansas" is contributed by CONNIE DIPASQUALE.



NAME CHANGES IN
SOME KANSAS TOWNS & COUNTIES


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TOWNS:

Original Name: Changed To:
Adelphia (consolidated into) Arkansas City
Adelphia Walnut City
Alliance (consolidated into) Chanute
Argentine (absorbed by) Kansas City
Armourdale (consolidated into) Kansas City
Atlanta Lyons
Ayr Potwin
Belleville (in Chatauqua County) Peru
Bennett Springs Potter
Big Timber Cleburne
Bitlertown Olpe
Blue Stem Lucas
Bluff Creek Bluff City
Bonasa Leoti
Bosland Wilson
Boston (consolidated into) Manhattan
Brittsville Simpson
Brookdale Lyons
Buena Vista Hoisington
Bull City Alton
Cable City Alta Vista
Canton (consolidated into) Manhattan
Chapman (in Clay County) Longford
Cherry (in Cherokee County) Mineral
Chicago Junction (consolidated into) Chanute
Christian Moundridge
Churchill Tescott
Corbitt Bucklin
Cornell (in Anderson County) Westphalia
Council City Burlingame
Cresson Palco
Cresswell (consolidated into) Arkansas City
Dell Ray Glasco
Divide Colony
Durham Park Ranch Durham
Eagle Tail Station Sharon Springs
Elm Grove Barnes
Elston Altamont
Empire City (annexed to) Galena
Far West Latimer
Findlay City Arcadia
Fort Harker Station Kanopolis
Fossil Station Russell
Geddesburg Altoona
Gilbert Fowler
Glenwood Walnut
Gould Severy
Grafton Volland
Grasshopper Falls Valley Falls
Holidaysburg Syracuse
Kansas (consolidated into) Kansas City
Kelso (absorbed by) Atwood
Keystone Manchester
Leonard Leonardville
Lincoln Center Lincoln
Lone Lake Ensign
Lotta Penalosa
Lura Luray
Manley Murray
Marion Centre Marion
Markley's Mills Minneapolis
Moore's Ranch Durham Park Ranch
Mulberry Grove Mulberry
Murray Summerfield
Nep-tah-wal-lah Oxford
New Chicago (consolidated into) Chanute
Ninnescah Cunningham
Noble Leon
Onion Creek Osage City
Osaga Fulton
Osage Mission St. Paul
Osage Fulton
Ovo White Water
Peace Sterling
Peoria Village Paola
Perryville Perry
Pesth Herndon
Peter's City Kinsley
Petersburg Kinsley
Petersburg Peter's City
Pittsburg (in Mitchell County) Tipton
Poke Alta Vista
Poleska (consolidated into) Manhattan
Prag Kelso
Quindaro (absorbed by) Kansas City
Rattlesnake Hudson
Reno Centre Partridge
Riley Centre Riley
Rock Castle Seneca
Sautrelle Falls Valley Falls
Scammonville Scammon
Shermanville Lane
Skidmore Meade
Slab City Jennings
Sorghum Bushton
Southwick Glen Clearwater
St. Louis Louisburg
Summitt Linn
Tiblow Bonner Springs
Tioga (consolidated into) Chanute
Ulysses New Ulysses
Union Riley Center
Veteran Johnson
Vicksburg Randall
Walnut City Rush Center
Walnut City (consolidated into) Arkansas City
Walnut City (in Cowley County) Cresswell
Walnut City (in Rush County) Rush Center
Washington Center Washington
Waterville Randolph
West Plains Plains
West Hampton Glen Elder
White's Quarry Home City
Wildwood Chase
Willow Springs Beloit
Wyandotte (consolidated into) Kansas City
Zahnsville Miltonvale
Zenith Sylvia
Zion Valley St. John

COUNTIES:
Original Name: Changed To:
Breckenridge Lyon
Calhoun Jackson
Davis Geary
Dorn Neosho
Foote (absorbed by) Gray
Garfield (annexed to) Finney
Lykins Miami
McGee Cherokee
Richardson Wabaunsee
St. John Logan
Sequoyah (absorbed by) Finney
Weller Osage


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