Friend, Kansas

Friend, Kansas
Unincorporated community
Friend, Kansas Location within the state of Kansas
Coordinates: 38°15′36″N 100°54′40″W / 38.26000°N 100.91111°W / 38.26000; -100.91111Coordinates: 38°15′36″N 100°54′40″W / 38.26000°N 100.91111°W / 38.26000; -100.91111
Country	United States
State	Kansas
County	Finney
Time zone	Central (CST) (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)

Friend is an unincorporated community in Terry Township, Finney County, Kansas, United States. The town is located next to U.S. Route 83 and the North Line of the Garden City Western Railway, south to the county line of Scott County. Other nearby communities include Shallow Water to the north and Tennis to the south.

Originally the town was named McCue after Basil M. McCue of Hastings, Nebraska who was the organizer of the Garden City Gulf & Northern Railroad. The Santa Fe Railroad changed the name to Friend when it took over the railway line between Garden City and Scott City.

The post office in Friend closed in 1992.^[1]

References

External links

• Historical Directory of Kansas Towns (M)
• Basil M. McCue at A Standard History of Kansas and Kansans

Municipalities and communities of Finney County, Kansas, United States County seat: Garden City Cities Garden City Holcomb Unincorporated communities Eminence Friend Gano Kalvesta Lowe Mansfield Peterson Pierceville Plymell Quinby Ravanna Ritchal Rodkey Tennis Wolf Townships Garden City Garfield Ivanhoe Pierceville Pleasant Valley Sherlock Terry