Alamota, Kansas

Alamota is an unincorporated community in Lane County, Kansas, USA.

History

Alamota was a station and shipping point on a division of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway.^[1]

A post office was established in Alamota in 1877, closed in 1894, reopened in 1903, and closed permanently in 1992.^[2]

References

↑ Blackmar, Frank Wilson (1912). Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Embracing Events, Institutions, Industries, Counties, Cities, Towns, Prominent Persons, Etc. Standard Publishing Company. p. 56.
↑ "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961 (archived)". Kansas Historical Society. Archived from the original on October 9, 2013. Retrieved 12 June 2014.

External links

Municipalities and communities of Lane County, Kansas, United States

County seat: Dighton

City	Dighton

CDP	Healy

Unincorporated communities	Alamota Amy Pendennis Shields

Coordinates: 38°27′40″N 100°18′36″W / 38.46111°N 100.31000°W / 38.46111; -100.31000

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