Windhorst, Kansas

Windthorst is an unincorporated community in Ford County, Kansas, United States.

A post office was opened in Windhorst in 1898, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1905.^[1]

The present-day community consists of a church, a school, a priest's house, and residential housing, but little more. It has no railroad station. The closest town is Spearville. The community is best known for the Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, which closed in 1997. It is listed in the National Register of Historic Places and can still be visited.^[2]

References

↑ "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961, page 2". Kansas Historical Society. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
↑ "Extinct Towns in Ford County, Kansas". Legends of Kansas. 2009-09-08. Retrieved 2009-09-08.

External links

U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Windhorst

Municipalities and communities of Ford County, Kansas, United States

County seat: Dodge City

Cities	Bucklin Dodge City Ford Spearville

CDPs	Fort Dodge Wilroads Gardens Wright

Unincorporated communities	Bellefont Bloom Howell Kingsdown South Dodge Windthorst

Townships	Bloom Bucklin Concord Dodge Enterprise Fairview Ford Grandview Richland Royal Sodville Spearville Wheatland Wilburn

Coordinates: 37°47′07″N 99°38′31″W / 37.78528°N 99.64194°W / 37.78528; -99.64194 (Windthorst)

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