Hesper, Kansas

Hesper, Kansas
Unincorporated community

Hesper Friends Church, organized in 1858.
Hesper, Kansas
Hesper, Kansas
Coordinates: 38°53′55″N 95°04′29″W / 38.89861°N 95.07472°W / 38.89861; -95.07472Coordinates: 38°53′55″N 95°04′29″W / 38.89861°N 95.07472°W / 38.89861; -95.07472
Country United States
State Kansas
County Douglas
Elevation 922 ft (281 m)
Time zone Central (CST) (UTC-6)
 • Summer (DST) CDT (UTC-5)
Area code(s) 785
GNIS feature ID 479160[1]

Hesper is an unincorporated community in Douglas County, Kansas located two and a half miles southeast of Eudora. Hesper was founded in 1858 by Quakers wanting to lend support to the free-state cause. In 1884, the Hesper Academy was opened but it closed in 1912.[2]

A post office was opened in Hesper in 1868, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1900.[3]

Friends University in Wichita was founded by James Davis, who was a native of Hesper.[4] The town is also the birthplace of college football legend John H. Outland, namesake of the Outland Trophy.

References

  1. ↑ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  2. ↑ Kaw Valley Landscapes by James R. Shortridge. University Press of Kansas, 1977, 1988.
  3. ↑ "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961, page 2". Kansas Historical Society. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
  4. ↑ Kaw Valley Landscapes by James R. Shortridge. University Press of Kansas, 1977, 1988.
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