Gordon, Kansas
Gordon, Kansas | |
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Coordinates: 37°35′19″N 96°59′26″W / 37.58861°N 96.99056°W[1] | |
Country | United States |
State | Kansas |
County | Butler |
Elevation | 1,217 ft (371 m) |
Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
FIPS code | 20-26950 |
GNIS ID | 475032 [1] |
Gordon is an unincorporated community in Butler County, Kansas, United States.[1]
History
[edit]A post office existed in Gordon from June 30, 1884, to June 30, 1936.[2]
Gordon was a station on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway.[3]
Education
[edit]The community is served by Augusta USD 402 public school district.
Notable people
[edit]- Tom Sturdivant, baseball player.
- Rosalie E. Wahl, Minnesota Supreme Court justice, was born in Gordon.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Gordon, Kansas
- ^ "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961 (archived)". Kansas Historical Society. Archived from the original on October 9, 2013. Retrieved June 5, 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. 765.
- ^ Minnesota Historical Society Biographical Sketch of Justice Rosalie Wahl
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