Jump to content

Black Wolf, Kansas: Difference between revisions

Edit links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Browse history interactively
← Previous editNext edit →
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
No edit summary
Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
No edit summary
Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
Line 89: Line 89:
'''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 community]] in [[Ellsworth County, Kansas|Ellsworth County]], [[Kansas]], [[United States]].<ref name="gnis">{{cite gnis|475344|Black Wolf, Kansas}}</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 discontinued in 1972
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>
.<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>


Revision as of 15:20, 8 April 2015

Black Wolf, Kansas
Unincorporated community
CountryUnited States
StateKansas
CountyEllsworth
Elevation
1,565 ft (477 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code785
GNIS feature ID475344[1]

Black Wolf is an unincorporated community in Ellsworth County, Kansas, United States.[1]

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

.[2]

Black Wolf was a station on the Union Pacific Railroad.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "Black Wolf, Kansas". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961 (archived)". Kansas Historical Society. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
  3. ^ Blackmar, Frank Wilson (1912). Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Embracing Events, Institutions, Industries, Counties, Cities, Towns, Prominent Persons, Etc. Standard Publishing Company. p. 191.


Stub icon

This article about a location in Ellsworth County, Kansas is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Black_Wolf,_Kansas&oldid=655520581"