Belvoir, Kansas

Belvoir is a ghost town in Douglas County, in the U.S. state of Kansas.^[1]

History

The first settlement at Belvoir was made in the 1850s.^[2] A post office was established at Belvoir in 1869, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1903.^[3] The community was named after Belvoir, the plantation home of William Fairfax in Virginia.^[4]

References

↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Belvoir (historical)
↑ History of the State of Kansas: Containing a Full Account of Its Growth from an Uninhabited Territory to a Wealthy and Important State. A. T. Andreas. 1883. p. 359.
↑ "Douglas County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
↑ Chambers, Mary Elizabeth; Tompkins, Sally Kress (1977). The Cultural Resources of Clinton Lake, Kansas: An Inventory of Archaeology, History, and Architecture. The Institute. p. 39.

Municipalities and communities of Douglas County, Kansas, United States

County seat: Lawrence

Cities	Baldwin City Eudora Lawrence Lecompton

Unincorporated communities	Big Springs Black Jack Clearfield Clinton Globe Grover Hesper Kanwaka Lake View Lone Star Midland Pleasant Grove Sibleyville Stull Vinland Weaver Worden

Ghost towns	Belvoir Franklin Lapeer Louisiana Media Prairie City Twin Mound

Townships	Clinton Eudora Grant Kanwaka Lecompton Marion Palmyra Wakarusa Willow Springs

Coordinates: 38°55′14″N 95°25′42″W / 38.92056°N 95.42833°W / 38.92056; -95.42833

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