Places - Sheridan KSGenWeb

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Populated Places

Angelus, a village of Solomon township, Sheridan county, is situated on the Saline river, about 20 miles southwest of Hoxie, the county seat. It is a rural postoffice, with a population of 30, and is a trading center for that part of the county. Campus and Grinnell, on the Union Pacific, are the nearest railroad stations. Extracted 2002 by Carolyn Ward from Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, volume I, page 77.

Beaver, a hamlet of Sheridan county, is located in the southeastern part of the valley of the Saline river, and receives mail by rural delivery from Quinter, which is the nearest railroad station. Extracted 2002 by Carolyn Ward from Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, volume I, page 163.

Elliott, a small hamlet of Sheridan county, is located in the valley of the north fork of the Solomon river, about 12 miles northeast of Hoxie, the county seat. Dresden, on the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific, is the nearest railroad station, from which mail is delivered by rural carrier. Extracted 2002 by Carolyn Ward from Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, volume I, page 577.

Henry, a hamlet of Sheridan county, is located about 10 miles southeast of Hoxie, the county seat and most convenient railroad station, whence mail is received by rural route. Extracted 2002 by Carolyn Ward from Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, volume I, page 838.

Hoxie, the county seat of Sheridan county, is situated almost in the exact geographic center of the county on the Union Pacific R. R. The town was laid out in the early part of 1886 by a company composed of E. F. Parker, W. P. Rice, J. W. Huff, J. H. Huff, H. R. Stimson, H. P. Churchill, William Mellen, E. H. McCracken and Isaac Mulholland. The Kenneth Sentinel of March 11, 1886, says: "On last Saturday evening a meeting of the citizens of Kenneth was held at the school house for the purpose of receiving and considering a proposition from the Hoxie town company looking to a consolidation of the two places, and a removal of the buildings to the Hoxie town site." At that meeting the Hoxie interests were represented by W. P. Rice, J. W. Huff and William Mellen, who agreed to give new lots to those who owned property in Kenneth, and to pay the expense of removing their buildings to the new town, which was about 3 miles south of Kenneth. These men by their courtesy and diplomacy won the day, and "after mature deliberation, extending far into the night, a vote was finally reached on a motion to consolidate the two towns by moving Kenneth to the Hoxie town site, and it was adopted without a dissenting voice." This absorption of the town of Kenneth, which was at that time the county seat, gave Hoxie a good start toward becoming a city. On June 6, 1886, a Presbyterian church was organized, and the town company made a contract with George Forgue, of Clifton, Kan., to establish a brick yard. Hoxie now has 2 banks, 2 grain elevators, a weekly newspaper (the Sentinel), good hotels, an international money order postoffice with four rural routes, telegraph and express offices, a telephone exchange, and a number of well stocked stores which handle all lines of merchandise. The county high school is located at Hoxie, and there are also graded public schools. The population in 1910 was 532. Extracted 2002 by Carolyn Ward from Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, volume I, pages 877-878.

Lucerne, a hamlet in Sheridan county, is located in Adell township 18 miles northeast of Hoxie, the county seat, and 11 miles from Studley on the Union Pacific R. R., the nearest shipping point. It has a stage daily to Jennings, a general store, a hotel and a money order postoffice. The population in 1910 was 50. Extracted 2002 by Carolyn Ward from Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, volume II, page 193.

Phelps, a country hamlet in Sheridan county, is located about 16 miles southeast of Hoxie, the county seat, and 14 miles north of Quintet, the nearest shipping point and the postoffice from which it receives mail by rural delivery. Extracted 2002 by Carolyn Ward from Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, volume II, page 470.

Seguin, a hamlet in Sheridan county, is located in Logan township on the Union Pacific R. R., 10 miles west of Hoxie, the county seat. It has a money order postoffice. The population in 1910 was 11. Extracted 2002 by Carolyn Ward from Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, volume II, page 665.

Selden, an incorporated city of the third class in Sheridan county, is located in Sheridan township on the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific R. R., 16 miles, northwest of Hoxie, the county seat. It has a bank, a weekly newspaper (the Independent), about 30 stores, a grain elevator, telegraph and express offices, and an international money order postoffice with five rural routes. The population in 1910 was 297. Extracted 2002 by Carolyn Ward from Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, volume II, pages 665-666.

Stidley, a hamlet in Sheridan county, is located in Valley township on the Solomon river and the Union Pacific R. R., 16 miles east of Hoxie, the county seat. It has general stores, an express office, and a money order postoffice with one rural route. The population in 1910 was 75. Extracted 2002 by Carolyn Ward from Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, volume II, page 782.