Urbana, Kansas

Urbana is an unincorporated community in Neosho County, Kansas, in the United States.[1]

History

Urbana was platted in 1870.[2] It was located on the Missouri Pacific Railroad.[3]

A post office was opened in Urbana in 1870, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1957.[4]

References

  1. "Neosho County". Blue Skyways. Kansas State Library. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
  2. Blackmar, Frank Wilson (1912). Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Volume 2. Standard Publishing Company. p. 839.
  3. 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. 841.
  4. "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961, page 2". Kansas Historical Society. Retrieved 20 June 2014.

Coordinates: 37°33′29″N 95°23′58″W / 37.55806°N 95.39944°W / 37.55806; -95.39944


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