Lucerne is a ghost town in Adell Township, Sheridan County, Kansas, United States. It is approximately 18 miles northeast of the county seat of Hoxie.
History
The town had a post office from 1880 until 1943. As of 2010, the remains of the town included a cemetery, stone foundation, and a partial wooden sign that used to announce the town's name.[2] As of the 2010 census, the entirety of Adell Township had a population of only 12.[3]
According to a 1912 reference work on Kansas, the town at that time held a population of 50, a general store, a hotel, a money order post office, and a daily stagecoach to the town of Jennings.[4]
References
- ^ "Lucerne". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ Bickel, Amy (October 2010). Chicago mirrored what killed towns, The Hutchinson News
- ^ Adell Township, 2010 census information Archived 2020-02-14 at archive.today, American Fact Finder, retrieved 23 October 2017
- ^ Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, p. 193 (1912)
Further reading
External links
- Lucerne Cemetery interments, KSGenweb.com
- Lucerne photos, Kansas Historical Society
- Sheridan County maps: Current, Historic, KDOT
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