Slate, Kansas

Slate, Kansas
Ghost town
Slate is located in Kansas
Slate
Slate
Location within the state of Kansas
Slate is located in the United States
Slate
Slate
Slate (the United States)
Coordinates: 39°28′50″N 99°31′38″W / 39.48056°N 99.52722°W / 39.48056; -99.52722
CountryUnited States
StateKansas
CountyRooks
Elevation
2,172 ft (662 m)
Population
 • Total
0
Time zoneUTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code785
GNIS ID482003 [1]

Slate is a ghost town in Bow Creek Township, Rooks County, Kansas, United States.[1]

History

Slate was located in Bow Township along Slate Creek.[2] A post office was issued to Slate in 1880. The post office was discontinued in 1903.[3] The population of Slate was 36 as of 1910.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b "Slate, Kansas", Geographic Names Information System, United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior
  2. ^ a b Blackmar, Frank Wilson (1912). Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Volume 2, Chicago: Standard Publishing Company, p. 698
  3. ^ "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961". Kansas Historical Society. Retrieved December 30, 2017.


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