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Black Wolf, Kansas
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.