Annelly, Kansas
| Annelly, Kansas | |
|---|---|
| Ghost Town | |
 1915 Railroad Map of Harvey County | |
  Annelly | |
| Coordinates: 37°58′20″N 97°12′4″W / 37.97222°N 97.20111°WCoordinates: 37°58′20″N 97°12′4″W / 37.97222°N 97.20111°W[1] | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Kansas |
| County | Harvey |
| Elevation[1] | 1,391 ft (424 m) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 0 |
| Time zone | CST (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| Area code | 620 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0484651 [1] |
Annelly is a ghost town in Richland Township 9 miles southeast of Newton in Harvey County, Kansas, United States.[1] The community was located along the Missouri Pacific Railroad line between Newton and Whitewater, but the track was abandoned in 2003.[2]
History
The community was named by a railroad employee for his wife Ann and daughter Ellie.[3] A post office existed in Annelly from August 25, 1885 to December 31, 1921.[4]
In 1910, Annelly, (population 25) had a money order post office, a station on the Missouri Pacific Railroad, a grain elevator, a hotel, and a general store.[5] Today only an abandoned 1 room school house and the Main Street (Annelly Road or SE 57th Street, accessible from S East Lake Rd. and SE 60th Street) of Annelly still exist, though the schoolhouse cannot be observed or approached from public roads. A farm house on the west end of Main Street is still occupied. Gypsum Creek, a tributary of the Whitewater River, runs through "downtown" Annelly and the area is populated by white-tailed deer, Rio Grande wild turkeys, ring-necked pheasants, coyotes, and bobcats.
Further reading
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) details for Annelly, Kansas; United States Geological Survey (USGS); October 13, 1978.
- ↑ Railroad - Newton to Whitewater; abandonedrails.com
- ↑ "Profile for Annelly, Kansas". ePodunk. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
- ↑ "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961 (archived)". Kansas Historical Society. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
- ↑ Blackmar, Frank Wilson (1912). Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Embracing Events, Institutions, Industries, Counties, Cities, Towns, Prominent Persons, Etc. Standard Publishing Company. p. 77.
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