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{{Short description|Ghost town in Marion and Chase Counties of Kansas}} |
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{{Infobox settlement |
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|name = Elk, Kansas |
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|settlement_type = [[Ghost town]] |
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|image_skyline = File:Map elk chase kansas.jpg |
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|image_caption = 1893 map showing Elk on the border of Chase and Marion Counties |
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|image_map1 = Map of Chase Co, Ks, USA.png |
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|map_caption1 = [[Kansas Department of Transportation|KDOT]] map of [[Chase County, Kansas|Chase County]] ([[:File:Kansas official transportation map legend.png|legend]]) |
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|coordinates = {{coord|38|24|51|N|96|47|5|W|region:US-KS_type:city_source:GNIS|display=inline,title}} |
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|subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Country]] |
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|subdivision_name = United States |
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|subdivision_type1 = [[U.S. state|State]] |
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|subdivision_name1 = [[Kansas]] |
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|subdivision_type2 = [[List of counties in Kansas|County]] |
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|subdivision_name2 = [[Chase County, Kansas|Chase]], [[Marion County, Kansas|Marion]] |
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|subdivision_type3 = [[List of townships in Kansas|Township]] |
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|subdivision_name3 = [[Diamond Creek Township, Chase County, Kansas|Diamond Creek]], [[Grant Township, Marion County, Kansas|Grant]] |
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|established_title = Founded |
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|established_date = 1874 |
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|timezone = [[Central Time Zone|CST]] |
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|utc_offset = -6 |
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|timezone_DST = CDT |
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|postal_code_type = [[ZIP code]] |
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|area_code = [[Area code 620|620]] |
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|blank1_name = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS ID]] |
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|blank1_info = 477253 <ref name="GNIS">{{cite gnis2|477253|Elk, Kansas}}</ref> |
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'''Elk''' is a [[ghost town]] in [[Chase County, Kansas|Chase]] and [[Marion County, Kansas|Marion]] counties in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Kansas]].<ref name="GNIS"/> It is currently a [[ghost town]] that lays along Middle Creek northwest of [[Elmdale, Kansas|Elmdale]] and straddled the county line between Chase and [[Marion County, Kansas|Marion County]].<ref>[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~shastaca/maps/KS/KS14map.html Page 14] from ''Atlas of the World'', 1914.</ref><ref name="MarionCountyBook">''Marion County Kansas : Past and Present''; Sondra Van Meter; MB Publishing House; [[LCCN]] 72-92041; 344 pages; 1972.</ref> |
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==History== |
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The community of '''Elk''' was founded in 1874,<ref>Shown on [[:File:Map elk chase kansas.jpg|this]] 1893 map</ref> and it continued to exist into the 1920s.<ref>Shown on [http://cartweb.geography.ua.edu/lizardtech/iserv/getimage?cat=North%20America%20and%20United%20States&item=States/Kansas/Kansas1921b.sid&page=&cp=0.6983883346124329,0.5325181931423327&lev=2&wid=500&hei=400&props=img(Name,Description)&bg=ffffff& this] 1921 map</ref> The town had a [[post office]] from 1874 until December 1924, when it was replaced by [[rural free delivery]].<ref>[[University of Nebraska-Lincoln]] Center for Great Plains Studies, Great Plains Quarterly, [https://books.google.com/books?id=F8p5AAAAMAAJ&q=%22Elk+Post+Office%22 vol. 7-8, p. 253]</ref> A post office existed in Elk from August 24, 1874 to December 15, 1924.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kshs.org/geog/geog_postoffices/search/county:CS |title=Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961 (archived) |publisher=Kansas Historical Society |access-date=5 June 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131009125935/http://www.kshs.org/geog/geog_postoffices/search/county%3ACS |archive-date=October 9, 2013 }}</ref> The name of the community wasn't named for the elk in the vicinity, instead the postmaster chose a word with few letters to save time when postmarking letters, thus the short name of E{{sp}}L{{sp}}K{{sp}} was chosen, which became '''Elk'''. |
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No buildings now remain in Elk, and it is considered a Ghost Town.<ref>DeLorme. ''Kansas Atlas & Gazetteer''. 4th ed. [[Yarmouth, Maine|Yarmouth]]: [[DeLorme]], 2009, 50. {{ISBN|0-89933-342-7}}.</ref> |
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==Geography== |
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===Climate=== |
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The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters. According to the [[Köppen Climate Classification]] system, Elk has a [[humid subtropical climate]], abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps.<ref>[http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather-summary.php3?s=714241&cityname=Elk%2C+Kansas%2C+United+States+of+America&units= Climate Summary for Elk, Kansas]</ref> |
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==References== |
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{{Reflist}} |
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==Further reading== |
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{{See also|Chase County, Kansas#Further reading|l1=List of books about Chase County, Kansas}} |
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{{See also|Marion County, Kansas#Further reading|l1=List of books about Marion County, Kansas}} |
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* ''Marion County Kansas : Past and Present''; Sondra Van Meter; MB Publishing House; 344 pages; 1972; [[LCCN]] 72-92041. |
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==External links== |
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130509035324/http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/marion/library/cemetery/CemList.html Marion County cemetery list], archive of KsGenWeb |
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* [https://www.kshs.org/p/marion-county-history-bibliography/13487 Marion County history bibliography], [https://www.kshs.org/p/marion-county-schools-bibliography/13662 Marion County school bibliography], Kansas Historical Society |
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* Chase County maps: [https://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/county-pdf/chase.PDF Current], [https://www.ksdot.org/bureaus/burtransplan/maps/PastPublishedCounty.asp Historic], KDOT |
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* Marion County maps: [https://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/county-pdf/marion.PDF Current], [https://www.ksdot.org/bureaus/burtransplan/maps/PastPublishedCounty.asp Historic], KDOT |
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{{Chase County, Kansas|state=collapsed}} |
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{{Marion County, Kansas|state=collapsed}} |
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[[Category:Former populated places in Chase County, Kansas]] |
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[[Category:Former populated places in Kansas]] |
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