Bigelow is a ghost town in Marshall County, Kansas, United States.[1] It was located six and a half miles southwest of Frankfort.
History
It was founded in 1881[2] and named for General Alfred Bigelow.[3] It was known for its limestone quarries and peaked in population in 1910 at 200.[4]
The post office closed in 1960 and the town was demolished during the construction of Tuttle Creek Lake. All that remains is a historical marker at the intersection of 17th and Zenith Roads and Antioch Cemetery.
References
- ^ a b c d "Bigelow, Kansas", Geographic Names Information System, United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior
- ^ Blackmar, Frank Wilson (1912). Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Embracing Events, Institutions, Industries, Counties, Cities, Towns, Prominent Persons, Etc. Standard Publishing Company. pp. 180.
- ^ Foster, Emma Elizabeth Calderhead (1917). History of Marshall County, Kansas: Its People, Industries, and Institutions. B.F. Bowen. pp. 162.
- ^ Faded Dreams: More Ghost Towns of Kansas by Daniel Fitzgerald. University Press of Kansas. Lawrence, Kansas. 1994
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| Footnotes | †This community is designated a Census-Designated Place (CDP) by the United States Census Bureau. | |