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'''Black Wolf''' is an [[unincorporated community]] in [[Ellsworth County, Kansas|Ellsworth County]], [[Kansas]], [[United States]].<ref name="gnis">{{cite gnis|475344|Black Wolf, Kansas}}</ref>
'''Black Wolf''' is an [[Unincorporated area|unincorporated community]] in [[Ellsworth County, Kansas]], United States.<ref name="GNIS"/> It is approximately {{convert|6|mi|km}} west of [[Ellsworth, Kansas|Ellsworth]].


==History==
==History==
A post office was opened in Black Wolf in 1879, closed temporarily in 1908, reopened a few months later and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1953.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131009131828/http://www.kshs.org/geog/geog_postoffices/search/county:EW | title=Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961 (archived) | publisher=Kansas Historical Society | accessdate=9 June 2014}}</ref> Black Wolf was a station on the [[Union Pacific Railroad]].<ref>{{cite book | url=http://books.google.com/books?id=o8X5krq3fP8C&pg=PA191#v=onepage&q&f=false | title=Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Embracing Events, Institutions, Industries, Counties, Cities, Towns, Prominent Persons, Etc. | publisher=Standard Publishing Company | author=Blackmar, Frank Wilson | year=1912 | pages=191}}</ref>
A post office was opened in Black Wolf in 1879, closed temporarily in 1908, reopened a few months later and remained in operation until it was closed in 1953.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kshs.org/geog/geog_postoffices/search/county:EW |title=Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961 (archived) |publisher=Kansas Historical Society |accessdate=9 June 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131009131828/http://www.kshs.org/geog/geog_postoffices/search/county%3AEW |archivedate=October 9, 2013 }}</ref> According to tradition, "Black Wolf" was the name of a local Indian.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Moyer|first1=Armond|last2=Moyer|first2=Winifred|title=The origins of unusual place-names|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89058322223;view=1up;seq=18|year=1958|publisher=Keystone Pub. Associates|page=14}}</ref> Black Wolf was a station on the [[Union Pacific Railroad]].<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_o8X5krq3fP8C | title=Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Embracing Events, Institutions, Industries, Counties, Cities, Towns, Prominent Persons, Etc. | publisher=Standard Publishing Company | author=Blackmar, Frank Wilson | year=1912 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_o8X5krq3fP8C/page/n187 191]}}</ref>

==Education==
The community is served by [[Ellsworth USD 327]] public school district.


==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
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==Further reading==
{{See also|Ellsworth County, Kansas#Further reading|l1=List of books about Ellsworth County, Kansas}}


==External links==
==External links==
* [http://kansasghosttowns.blogspot.com/2011/02/black-wolf-kansas-ellsworth-county.html Black Wolf, an Ellsworth County Ghost Town]
* [http://kansasghosttowns.blogspot.com/2011/02/black-wolf-kansas-ellsworth-county.html Black Wolf, an Ellsworth County Ghost Town]
* [http://www.legendsofkansas.com/blackwolf.html Black Wolf - Another Farm Town Ghost Town]
* [http://www.legendsofkansas.com/blackwolf.html Black Wolf - Another Farm Town Ghost Town]
* Ellsworth County maps: [https://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/county-pdf/ellsworth.PDF Current], [https://www.ksdot.org/bureaus/burtransplan/maps/PastPublishedCounty.asp Historic], KDOT


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[[Category:Unincorporated communities in Ellsworth County, Kansas]]
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Latest revision as of 19:14, 17 September 2023

Black Wolf, Kansas
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Black Wolf is located in Kansas
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Location within the state of Kansas
Black Wolf is located in the United States
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Black Wolf (the United States)
Coordinates: 38°45′30″N 98°21′43″W / 38.75833°N 98.36194°W / 38.75833; -98.36194[1]
CountryUnited States
StateKansas
CountyEllsworth
Elevation
[1]
1,565 ft (477 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code785
FIPS code20-07000
GNIS ID475344 [1]

Black Wolf is an unincorporated community in Ellsworth County, Kansas, United States.[1] It is approximately 6 miles (9.7 km) west of Ellsworth.

History

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A post office was opened in Black Wolf in 1879, closed temporarily in 1908, reopened a few months later and remained in operation until it was closed in 1953.[2] According to tradition, "Black Wolf" was the name of a local Indian.[3] Black Wolf was a station on the Union Pacific Railroad.[4]

Education

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The community is served by Ellsworth USD 327 public school district.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Black Wolf, Kansas
  2. ^ "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961 (archived)". Kansas Historical Society. Archived from the original on October 9, 2013. Retrieved June 9, 2014.
  3. ^ Moyer, Armond; Moyer, Winifred (1958). The origins of unusual place-names. Keystone Pub. Associates. p. 14.
  4. ^ Blackmar, Frank Wilson (1912). Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Embracing Events, Institutions, Industries, Counties, Cities, Towns, Prominent Persons, Etc. Standard Publishing Company. pp. 191.

Further reading

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See also: List of books about Ellsworth County, Kansas
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