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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Milo, Kansas

Milo is a ghost town in Lincoln County, Kansas, United States. It was located along a former railroad about halfway between the communities of Barnard and Ada.

History

Milo was issued a post office in 1872. The post office was discontinued in 1938.

The 1912 cyclopedia of Kansas describes Milo as a "country trading point" on Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, with "2 stores, an express office, and a money order postoffice with one rural route." It reported the 1910 population to be 50 people.

The referenced rail line opened in 1888 as a line of the Chicago, Kansas and Western Railroad opened from Manchester in the east to Barnard in the west, a 43 mile line, with a stop at Milo. The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway the line in 1901. An application was filed in 1983 to abandon this "Minneapolis District" line.

References

  1. ^ "Milo, Kansas", Geographic Names Information System, United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior
  2. ^ "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961". Kansas Historical Society. Retrieved 2018-01-05.
  3. ^ Kansas, A Cyclopedia ..., Vol. II, p. 285 (1912)
  4. ^ Gannett, Henry (1898). A Gazetteer of Kansas. Govt. Print. Off. p. 23.
  5. ^ The Minneapolis District, Abandoned Rails, Retrieved 21 February 2022

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