Ewell, Kansas

Ghost town in Kansas, U.S.

Ewell is a ghost town in Sumner County, Kansas, United States.^[1] It is located about 3.5 miles southwest of Conway Springs at 0.25 mile southeast of the intersection of N Bluff Rd and W 60th Ave N, next to an abandoned railroad.^[2]

History

Ewell was located next to a former railroad between Conway Springs and Argonia.

Ewell had a post office between 1885 and 1906.^[3]

This community no longer exists, though a modern home and its buildings exist on the site.

Education

The rural area around the former community is currently served by Conway Springs USD 356 public school district.

References

^ "Ewell, Kansas", Geographic Names Information System, United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior
^ Blackmar, Frank Wilson (1912). Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Embracing Events, Institutions, Industries, Counties, Cities, Towns, Prominent Persons, Etc. Standard Publishing Company. pp. 601.
^ "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961". Kansas Historical Society. Archived from the original on October 9, 2013. Retrieved June 27, 2014.

External links

Sumner County map, KDOT

Municipalities and communities of Sumner County, Kansas, United States

County seat: Wellington

Cities

Argonia
Belle Plaine
Caldwell
Conway Springs
Geuda Springs‡
Hunnewell
Mayfield
Milan
Mulvane‡
Oxford
South Haven
Wellington

Unincorporated
communities

Ghost towns

Ewell

Townships

Avon
Belle Plaine
Bluff
Caldwell
Chikaskia
Conway
Creek
Dixon
Downs
Eden
Falls
Gore
Greene
Guelph
Harmon
Illinois
Jackson
London
Morris
Osborne
Oxford
Palestine
Ryan
Seventy Six
South Haven
Springdale
Sumner
Valverde
Walton
Wellington

Footnotes

†This community is designated a Census-Designated Place (CDP) by the United States Census Bureau.
‡This community also has portions in an adjacent county or counties.