Brazilton, Kansas

Brazilton, Kansas is an unincorporated community located on K-3 in Crawford County, Kansas, USA.^[1]

History

Brazilton was named in 1882 for Thomas Brazil, a farmer who resided there.^[2]^[3]

A post office was opened in Brazilton in 1882, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1966.^[4]

Brazilton was a station and shipping point on the Pittsburg & Chanute division of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway.^[5]

References

↑ Official State Transportation Map (Map) (2007-2008 ed.). Kansas Department of Transportation. § F12.
↑ A Twentieth Century History and Biographical Record of Crawford County, Kansas. The Lewis Publishing Company. 1905. p. 307.
↑ "Profile for Brazilton, Kansas". ePodunk. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
↑ "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961 (archived)". Kansas Historical Society. Archived from the original on October 9, 2013. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
↑ Blackmar, Frank Wilson (1912). Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Embracing Events, Institutions, Industries, Counties, Cities, Towns, Prominent Persons, Etc. Standard Publishing Company. p. 232.

Municipalities and communities of Crawford County, Kansas, United States

County seat: Girard

Cities	Arcadia Arma Cherokee Frontenac Girard Hepler McCune Mulberry Pittsburg Walnut

Townships	Baker Crawford Grant Lincoln Osage Sheridan Sherman Walnut Washington

CDPs	Chicopee Franklin

Unincorporated communities	Beulah Brazilton Capaldo Cato Coalvale Croweburg Curranville Dry Wood Dunkirk Englevale Farlington Fleming Fuller Greenbush Gross Kirkwood Klendike Kniveton‡ Litchfield Lone Oak Midway Monmouth Opolis Radley Red Onion Ringo South Radley Yale

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Coordinates: 37°33′35″N 94°57′27″W / 37.55972°N 94.95750°W / 37.55972; -94.95750

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