Milo, Kansas

Ghost town in Kansas, United States

39°10′20″N 97°58′03″W / 39.17222°N 97.96750°W / 39.17222; -97.96750^[1]CountryUnited StatesStateKansasCountyLincolnElevation

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1,299 ft (396 m)Population

• Total0Time zoneUTC-6 (CST) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)Area code785FIPS code20-46850 ^[1]GNIS ID484773 ^[1]

Milo is a ghost town in Lincoln County, Kansas, United States.^[1] It was located along a former railroad about halfway between the communities of Barnard and Ada.

History

Milo was issued a post office in 1872. The post office was discontinued in 1938.^[2]

The 1912 cyclopedia of Kansas describes Milo as a "country trading point" on Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, with "2 stores, an express office, and a money order postoffice with one rural route." It reported the 1910 population to be 50 people.^[3]

The referenced rail line opened in 1888 as a line of the Chicago, Kansas and Western Railroad opened from Manchester in the east to Barnard in the west, a 43 mile line, with a stop at Milo. The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway the line in 1901.^[4] An application was filed in 1983 to abandon this "Minneapolis District" line.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Milo, Kansas", Geographic Names Information System, United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior
^ "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961". Kansas Historical Society. Retrieved 2018-01-05.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Kansas, A Cyclopedia ..., Vol. II, p. 285 (1912)
^ Gannett, Henry (1898). A Gazetteer of Kansas. Govt. Print. Off. p. 23.
^ The Minneapolis District, Abandoned Rails, Retrieved 21 February 2022