Calista, Kansas

Calista is an unincorporated community in Kingman County, Kansas, United States. It was named from the Greek Callista, meaning "most beautiful".^[1]

History

Calista became a town in 1886 after the town of Maud (1881-1886) was moved there.^[2] This original town known as "Old Calista" lasted until 1896^[3] when the town had to be moved to make way for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway.^[4][5] "New" Calista was founded about two miles west-southwest of "Old" Calista^[6] and was a town until 1955.^[7] Now Calista is a ghost town with only a few buildings remaining and a small grain elevator open for about two weeks a year during the wheat harvest.^[8]

Geography

Calista is located in southern Kansas about nine miles west of the city of Kingman and is near the south bank of the Ninnescah River.^[9][10]

References

Municipalities and communities of Kingman County, Kansas, United States County seat: Kingman Cities Cunningham Kingman Nashville Norwich Penalosa Spivey Zenda Unincorporated communities Adams Belmont Calista Cleveland Midway Mount Vernon Murdock Rago Skellyville St. Leo Varner Waterloo Willowdale Townships Allen Belmont Bennett Canton Chikaskia Dale Dresden Eagle Eureka Evan Galesburg Hoosier Kingman Liberty Ninnescah Peters Richland Rochester Rural Union Valley Vinita White

Coordinates: 37°38′23″N 98°16′57″W / 37.63972°N 98.28250°W / 37.63972; -98.28250