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Kansas Ghost Towns

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ALBANY HILL, Nemaha County, Kansas

An 1857-1871 era railroad town about 2.5 miles north of Sabetha, a half mile south of the junction of X4 Road/208th Road, and a mile west of US 75 (Acorn Road) at a point three miles north of Sabetha. Sabetha is a mile west of US 75, seven miles south of the state line, 65 miles north of Topeka. The aerial photo on GNIS shows what appears to be a cluster of several farms where the topo shows the Albany School. The cemetery is located on 208th Road, about 0.3 miles west of the junction.

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APPLETON, Clark County, Kansas

An 1880s boomtown located a mile southeast of Minneola, which is at the junction of US 54 and 283, 21 miles south of Dodge City. Nine months after it was founded, Appleton had a barbershop, two blacksmiths, six grocery/feed stores, two hotels, two meat markets, a weekly newspaper (the Appleton Era) and a restaurant. When the railroad came through, it missed the town by a mile and a station called Minneola was established a mile northwest of the town. Today Minneola has over 700 people, and Appleton is a barren site.
 
BURDICK, Morris County, Kansas

During the 1880s, Burdick lay sixty miles southeast of Salina was a wide-open cow town, with all the amenities needed to support cowboys. In 1990 the census found Burdick a near ghost town community of 70.
 
CLARK CITY, Clark County, Kansas

This 1880s boomtown was located several miles north of Ashland, but the exact location is not determined. Clark City was born in June 1884, the first town established in present Clark Co. It had many businesses, including a church, drug store, newspaper and three restaurants. In early 1885, Ashland was established. When Clark County formed, the county seat moved to Ashland, and Clark City became a ghost town.
 
DONIPHAN, Doniphan County, Kansas

Today this rural community is along the Missouri River in the northeast corner of the state, four miles northeast of Atchison and 18 AIR miles southwest of St. Joseph, Missouri. Founded in 1854, this busy Missouri River port bustled until a bridge was built across the river. Today it is a near ghost town.
 
ENGLEWOOD, Clark County, Kansas

In 1990, Englewood had a population of 96. It is located on US 283, three miles north of the state line, about 50 miles south of Dodge City. Founded in 1884, Englewood was touted as the
 
This picture shows where appleton was located from an 1887 Map
It is outlined in red.

H.Charles Beil said:
APPLETON, Clark County, Kansas

An 1880s boomtown located a mile southeast of Minneola, which is at the junction of US 54 and 283, 21 miles south of Dodge City. Nine months after it was founded, Appleton had a barbershop, two blacksmiths, six grocery/feed stores, two hotels, two meat markets, a weekly newspaper (the Appleton Era) and a restaurant. When the railroad came through, it missed the town by a mile and a station called Minneola was established a mile northwest of the town. Today Minneola has over 700 people, and Appleton is a barren site.
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