Gretna, Kansas

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Gretna, Kansas
KDOT map of Phillips County (legend)
KDOT map of Phillips County (legend)
Gretna is located in Kansas
Gretna
Gretna
Location within the state of Kansas
Coordinates: 39°45′55″N 99°12′46″W / 39.76528°N 99.21278°W / 39.76528; -99.21278Coordinates: 39°45′55″N 99°12′46″W / 39.76528°N 99.21278°W / 39.76528; -99.21278
CountryUnited States
StateKansas
CountyPhillips
Time zoneUTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code785

Gretna is an unincorporated community in Phillips County, Kansas, United States.[1]

History[]

Gretna was a station on the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad.[2]

The post office in Gretna was discontinued in 1945.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ "Phillips County". Blue Skyways. Kansas State Library. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
  2. ^ Blackmar, Frank Wilson (1912). Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Embracing Events, Institutions, Industries, Counties, Cities, Towns, Prominent Persons, Etc. Standard Publishing Company. pp. 796.
  3. ^ "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961". Kansas Historical Society. Archived from the original on 9 October 2013. Retrieved 22 June 2014.

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