Elk, Kansas

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An 1893 map showing Elk, on the border between Chase and Marion Counties

Elk is a ghost town in Diamond Creek Township, Chase County, Kansas, United States.[1] Founded in the 19th century,[2] it remained into the 1920s.[3] The community is no longer in existence.[4]

It lay along Middle Creek above Elmdale, very close to Chase County's border with Marion County.[5] The settlement had a general store, and a post office until 1923, when it was replaced by rural free delivery.[6]

A post office existed in Elk from August 24, 1874 to December 15, 1924.

References

  1. ↑ DeLorme. Kansas Atlas & Gazetteer. 4th ed. Yarmouth: DeLorme, 2009, 50. ISBN 0-89933-342-7.; with this map
  2. ↑ Shown on this 1893 map
  3. ↑ Shown on this 1921 map
  4. ↑ DeLorme. Kansas Atlas & Gazetteer. 4th ed. Yarmouth: DeLorme, 2009, 50. ISBN 0-89933-342-7.
  5. ↑ Page 14 from Atlas of the World, 1914.
  6. ↑ University of Nebraska-Lincoln Center for Great Plains Studies, Great Plains Quarterly, vol. 7-8, p. 253
Municipalities and communities of Chase County, Kansas, United States
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Coordinates: 38°25′N 96°49′W / 38.417°N 96.817°W / 38.417; -96.817

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