Cleveland, Kansas

Unincorporated community in Kingman County, Kansas

Unincorporated community in Kansas, United States

37°33′06″N 98°08′01″W / 37.55167°N 98.13361°W / 37.55167; -98.13361^[1]CountryUnited StatesStateKansasCountyKingmanPlatted1879Named forCleveland, OhioElevation

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1,634 ft (498 m)Time zoneUTC-6 (CST) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)Area code620GNIS ID482725 ^[1]

Cleveland is an unincorporated community in Kingman County, Kansas, United States.^[1] It is 6.5 miles (10.5 km) south of Kingman.

History

The community was originally named Carvel. Cleveland was platted and named in 1879, after the city of Cleveland, Ohio. Cleveland was situated at the geographic center of Kingman County, and it hoped to become the county seat, which was located in Kingman at the time. Supported by the backing of the newly established Cleveland Star newspaper, the residents submitted a petition to move the county seat to Cleveland. Kingman won the vote, however, with aid from the town of Dale; the Cleveland Star ultimately moved to Kingman as well, becoming the Kingman Republican. The town had 80 residents as of 1887, and by 1908 contained a school, a church, two grain elevators and would soon have a large hotel. The town declined later, though, and by the 1950s it had only the school, the church, one elevator, and eight homes. The school closed in 1958 followed by the church in 1967. Cleveland now contains only the grain elevator, described by a resident as "one of the busiest elevators in the area", and a few houses.^[2]

A post office was opened in Cleveland in 1880, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1957.^[3]

Cleveland was a station on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway.^[4]

Education

The community is served by Kingman–Norwich USD 331 public school district.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Cleveland, Kansas", Geographic Names Information System, United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior
^ Bickel, Amy (February 19, 2011). "Harvest 'reawakens' long-gone town each year, briefly". The Hutchinson News. Archived from the original on September 27, 2011. Retrieved August 28, 2011.
^ "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961 (archived)". Kansas Historical Society. Archived from the original on October 9, 2013. Retrieved June 12, 2014.
^ Blackmar, Frank Wilson (1912). Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Embracing Events, Institutions, Industries, Counties, Cities, Towns, Prominent Persons, Etc. Standard Publishing Company. pp. 367.