Elmont, Kansas

Elmont is an unincorporated community in northern Shawnee County, Kansas, United States.

Currently Elmont has a church, and an elementary school operated by USD 345 Seaman school district.

Elmont was incorporated in 1886.^[1] It was a shipping point on the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad.^[2] A post office was opened in Elmont in 1887, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1955.^[3]

References

↑ Duncan, Spencer L. (2005). Historic Shawnee County: The Story of Topeka & Shawnee County. HPN Books. p. 74.
↑ Blackmar, Frank Wilson (1912). Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Embracing Events, Institutions, Industries, Counties, Cities, Towns, Prominent Persons, Etc. Standard Publishing Company. p. 584.
↑ "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961". Kansas Historical Society. Retrieved 27 June 2014.

Municipalities and communities of Shawnee County, Kansas, United States

County seat: Topeka

Cities	Auburn Rossville Silver Lake Topeka Willard‡

CDP	Kiro Wakarusa

Unincorporated communities	Berryton Dover Elmont Montara Pauline Tecumseh

Ghost town	Richland

Townships	Dover Grove Monmouth Williamsport

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Coordinates: 39°09′55″N 95°42′11″W / 39.16528°N 95.70306°W / 39.16528; -95.70306

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