Ashton, Kansas

Ashton is an unincorporated community in Walton Township, Sumner County, Kansas, USA.

History

Ashton was a station on the Kansas Southwestern Railway.[1]

A post office was opened in Ashton in 1887, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1971.[2]

References

  1. Blackmar, Frank Wilson (1912). Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Embracing Events, Institutions, Industries, Counties, Cities, Towns, Prominent Persons, Etc. Standard Publishing Company. p. 108.
  2. "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961". Kansas Historical Society. Archived from the original on October 9, 2013. Retrieved 27 June 2014.

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Coordinates: 37°04′59″N 97°14′19″W / 37.08306°N 97.23861°W / 37.08306; -97.23861


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