Vine Creek is a ghost town in Ottawa County, Kansas, United States.[1]

History

Vine Creek (also known historically as Vine) had a post office from 1879 until 1932.[2]

In 1888, a rail line of the Chicago, Kansas and Western Railroad opened from Manchester, Kansas in the east to Barnard in the west, a 43 mile line, with a stop at Vine Creek. The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway acquired the railroad in 1901.[3] An application was filed in 1983 to abandon this "Minneapolis District" line.[4]

The 1912 cyclopedia of Kansas described Vine as a "village" on Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, with "a money order postoffice and telegraph and express office. The population in 1910 was 50. The railroad name is Vine Creek."[5]

Education

Children living near the former community is served by North Ottawa County USD 239 public school district.

References

  1. "Vine Creek, Kansas", Geographic Names Information System, United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior
  2. "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961". Kansas Historical Society. Archived from the original on October 9, 2013. Retrieved June 22, 2014.
  3. Gannett, Henry (1898). A Gazetteer of Kansas. Govt. Print. Off. p. 23.
  4. The Minneapolis District, Abandoned Rails, Retrieved 21 February 2022
  5. Kansas, A Cyclopedia ..., Vol. II, p. 848 (1912)

Further reading

39°07′05″N 97°24′57″W / 39.11806°N 97.41583°W / 39.11806; -97.41583


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