Laton is a ghost town in Corning Township, Rooks County, Kansas, United States.[1]
History
Eagle Creek was issued a post office in 1878. In 1884 the post office name was changed to Laton before being discontinued in 1904.[2] In addition to the post office Laton had a school, store, cream station, garage, blacksmith shop, and telephone office.[3] The population in 1910 was 30.[4]
The Midland Trail (Red Line Highway) passed thru Laton on its initial route in 1914. The creation of U.S Route 40N (US-24) to the north and K-18 highway to the south by-passed Laton.[5]
Laton School District R-5, Rooks County, Kansas was disorganized in 1962.[6] There is nothing left of Laton.
References
- ^ a b "Laton, Kansas", Geographic Names Information System, United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior
- ^ "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961". Kansas Historical Society. Retrieved 2017-12-05.
- ^ "Rooks County Historical Society", Plainville Times, 3 July 1975, p.4
- ^ Blackmar, Frank Wilson (1912). Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Volume 2, Chicago: Standard Publishing Company, p. 107
- ^ "THE RED LINE", Plainville Times, 16 July 1914, p.1
- ^ "TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN", The Natoma Luray Independent, 19 July 1962, p.5
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| Footnotes | †This community is designated a Census-Designated Place (CDP) by the United States Census Bureau. | |