Unincorporated community in Sumner County, Kansas
Ashton is an
unincorporated community in Walton Township,
Sumner County, Kansas, United States.
[1] It is located about halfway between
South Haven and
Arkansas City at 1.75 miles north of the intersection of S Rock Rd and
U.S. Route 166, which is 5.5 miles east of
I-35 (
Kansas Turnpike), next to an abandoned railroad.
History
Ashton was a station on the
Kansas Southwestern Railway that previously passed through the community, east to west, from
Geuda Springs to
South Haven.
[2]
A post office was opened in Ashton in 1887, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1971.
[3]
Education
The community is served by
South Haven USD 509 public school district.
References
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^
"Ashton, Kansas",
Geographic Names Information System,
United States Geological Survey,
United States Department of the Interior
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^ Blackmar, Frank Wilson (1912).
Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Embracing Events, Institutions, Industries, Counties, Cities, Towns, Prominent Persons, Etc. Standard Publishing Company. pp.
108.
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^
"Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961". Kansas Historical Society. Archived from
the original on October 9, 2013. Retrieved June 27, 2014.
Further reading
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37°04′59″N 97°14′19″W / 37.08306°N 97.23861°W / 37.08306; -97.23861