Unincorporated community in Sumner County, Kansas
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KDOT map of Sumner County (legend)
1915 Railroad Map of Sumner County
Ashton is an unincorporated community in Walton Township, Sumner County, Kansas, United States.[1] It is located about halfway between South Haven and Arkansas City at 1.75 miles north of the intersection of S Rock Rd and U.S. Route 166, which is 5.5 miles east of I-35 (Kansas Turnpike), next to an abandoned railroad.
History
Ashton was a station on the Kansas Southwestern Railway that previously passed through the community, east to west, from Geuda Springs to South Haven.[2]
A post office was opened in Ashton in 1887, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1971.[3]
Education
The community is served by South Haven USD 509 public school district.
References
- ^ "Ashton, Kansas", Geographic Names Information System, United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior
- ^ Blackmar, Frank Wilson (1912). Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Embracing Events, Institutions, Industries, Counties, Cities, Towns, Prominent Persons, Etc. Standard Publishing Company. pp. 108.
- ^ "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961". Kansas Historical Society. Archived from the original on October 9, 2013. Retrieved June 27, 2014.
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Unincorporated
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| Townships |
- Avon
- Belle Plaine
- Bluff
- Caldwell
- Chikaskia
- Conway
- Creek
- Dixon
- Downs
- Eden
- Falls
- Gore
- Greene
- Guelph
- Harmon
- Illinois
- Jackson
- London
- Morris
- Osborne
- Oxford
- Palestine
- Ryan
- Seventy Six
- South Haven
- Springdale
- Sumner
- Valverde
- Walton
- Wellington
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| Footnotes | ‡This community also has portions in an adjacent county or counties. |
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37°04′59″N 97°14′19″W / 37.08306°N 97.23861°W / 37.08306; -97.23861
