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Slate, Kansas

Coordinates: 39°28′50″N 99°31′38″W / 39.48056°N 99.52722°W / 39.48056; -99.52722
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Slate, Kansas
Slate is located in Kansas
Slate
Slate
Location within the state of Kansas
Slate is located in the United States
Slate
Slate
Slate (the United States)
Coordinates: 39°28′50″N 99°31′38″W / 39.48056°N 99.52722°W / 39.48056; -99.52722
CountryUnited States
StateKansas
CountyRooks
Elevation
2,172 ft (662 m)
Population
 • Total0
Time zoneUTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code785
GNIS ID482003 [1]

Slate is a ghost town in Bow Creek Township, Rooks County, Kansas, United States.[1]

History

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Slate was located in Bow Township along Slate Creek.[2] A post office was issued to Slate in 1880. The post office was discontinued in 1903.[3] Population in 1910 was 36.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Slate, Kansas", Geographic Names Information System, United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior
  2. ^ a b Blackmar, Frank Wilson (1912). Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Volume 2, Chicago: Standard Publishing Company, p. 698
  3. ^ "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961". Kansas Historical Society. Retrieved 2017-12-30.