Pearl, Kansas

Pearl is a rural unincorporated community in Dickinson County, Kansas, United States.^[1]

History

1915 Railroad Map of Dickinson County

Pearl had a post office from 1883 until 1935.^[2]

The Rock Island served the area for many years until the company ceased operation in 1980. The track was then used by various rail lines until being abandoned in the mid-1990s. While part of the line was scraped, the remaining track from Abilene to Woodbine has been purchased by the Abilene and Smoky Valley Railroad. All that remains in Pearl today are the tracks, the elevator, and the ruins of a solitary stone house.

See also

• Abilene and Smoky Valley Railroad

Further reading

References

External links

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• Dickinson County Maps: Current, Historic, KDOT

Municipalities and communities of Dickinson County, Kansas, United States County seat: Abilene Cities Abilene Carlton Chapman Enterprise Herington‡ Hope Manchester Solomon‡ Woodbine CDPs Detroit Talmage Unincorporated communities Acme Buckeye Dillon Elmo Holland Industry‡ Lyona Moonlight Navarre Pearl Shady Brook Stoney Sutphen Upland Townships Banner Buckeye Center Cheever Flora Fragrant Hill Garfield Grant Hayes Holland Hope Jefferson Liberty Lincoln Logan Lyon Newbern Noble Ridge Rinehart Sherman Union Wheatland Willowdale Footnotes ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Coordinates: 38°51′06″N 97°02′39″W / 38.85167°N 97.04417°W / 38.85167; -97.04417