Castleton, Kansas

Castleton, Kansas
Township
Coordinates: 37°51′44″N 97°57′6″W / 37.86222°N 97.95167°W / 37.86222; -97.95167Coordinates: 37°51′44″N 97°57′6″W / 37.86222°N 97.95167°W / 37.86222; -97.95167
Country United States
State Kansas
County Reno
Area
  Total 54.2 sq mi (140.4 km2)
  Land 54.2 sq mi (140.4 km2)
  Water 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2)
Elevation 1,470 ft (448 m)
Population (2000)
  Total 256
  Density 4.7/sq mi (1.8/km2)
Time zone Central (CST) (UTC-6)
  Summer (DST) CDT (UTC-5)
FIPS code 20-11000[1]
GNIS feature ID 0473799[2]

Castleton is an unincorporated community in Reno County, Kansas, United States.

History

Castleton was a station and shipping point on the Hutchinson & Blackwell division of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway.[3]

The post office was established December 6, 1872, remained in operation until it was discontinued on June 28, 1957.[4] In 1971, the post office building was moved to the Barton County Historical Society Museum and Village in Great Bend, Kansas.[5]

In popular culture

Castleton was the setting for "Sevillinois, Illinois 1895" in the movie Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie filmed in 1952.

Notable people

References

  1. "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  2. "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  3. Blackmar, Frank Wilson (1912). Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Embracing Events, Institutions, Industries, Counties, Cities, Towns, Prominent Persons, Etc. Standard Publishing Company. p. 299.
  4. "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961". Kansas Historical Society. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
  5. "The village and its buildings". Barton County Historical Society. Retrieved 22 June 2014.

External links

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Friday, April 17, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.