Ewell, Kansas
Ghost town in Kansas, U.S.
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Ewell is a ghost town in Sumner County, Kansas, United States.[1] It is located about 3.5 miles southwest of Conway Springs at 0.25 mile southeast of the intersection of N Bluff Rd and W 60th Ave N, next to an abandoned railroad.[2]
History
Ewell was located next to a former railroad between Conway Springs and Argonia.
Ewell had a post office between 1885 and 1906.[3]
This community no longer exists, though a modern home and its buildings exist on the site.
Education
The rural area around the former community is currently served by Conway Springs USD 356 public school district.
See also
References
- ^ "Ewell, Kansas", Geographic Names Information System, United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior
- ^ Blackmar, Frank Wilson (1912). Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Embracing Events, Institutions, Industries, Counties, Cities, Towns, Prominent Persons, Etc. Standard Publishing Company. pp. 601.
- ^ "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961". Kansas Historical Society. Archived from the original on October 9, 2013. Retrieved June 27, 2014.
Further reading
External links
- Sumner County map, KDOT
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Municipalities and communities of Sumner County, Kansas, United States
County seat: Wellington
- Argonia
- Belle Plaine
- Caldwell
- Conway Springs
- Geuda Springs‡
- Hunnewell
- Mayfield
- Milan
- Mulvane‡
- Oxford
- South Haven
- Wellington
![Map of Kansas highlighting Sumner County](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Sumner_County.svg/180px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Sumner_County.svg.png)
communities
- Ewell
- Avon
- Belle Plaine
- Bluff
- Caldwell
- Chikaskia
- Conway
- Creek
- Dixon
- Downs
- Eden
- Falls
- Gore
- Greene
- Guelph
- Harmon
- Illinois
- Jackson
- London
- Morris
- Osborne
- Oxford
- Palestine
- Ryan
- Seventy Six
- South Haven
- Springdale
- Sumner
- Valverde
- Walton
- Wellington
‡This community also has portions in an adjacent county or counties.
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- United States portal
37°20′24″N 97°41′26″W / 37.34000°N 97.69056°W / 37.34000; -97.69056