Buxton, Kansas

Buxton is an unincorporated community in Wilson County, Kansas, USA.^[1]

History

Buxton had its start in the year 1866 by the building of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway through that territory.^[2] Buxton was named for a railroad official.^[3]

The post office in Buxton was discontinued in 1921.^[4]

References

↑ "Wilson County". Blue Skyways. Kansas State Library. Retrieved 20 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. 267.
↑ Duncan, L. Wallace (1902). History of Neosho and Wilson Counties, Kansas. Monitor Printing Company. p. 881.
↑ "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961". Kansas Historical Society. Archived from the original on October 9, 2013. Retrieved 20 June 2014.

External links

Wilson County Map, KDOT

Municipalities and communities of Wilson County, Kansas, United States

County seat: Fredonia

Cities	Altoona Benedict Buffalo Coyville Fredonia Neodesha New Albany

Unincorporated communities	Buxton Lafontaine Rest Roper Vilas

Townships	Cedar Center Chetopa Clifton Colfax Duck Creek Fall River Guilford Neodesha Newark Pleasant Valley Prairie Talleyrand Verdigris Webster

Coordinates: 37°26′54″N 95°55′14″W / 37.44833°N 95.92056°W / 37.44833; -95.92056

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