Pearl, Kansas
Pearl is an unincorporated community in Dickinson County, Kansas, United States.[1]
History[]
1915 Railroad Map of Dickinson County
Pearl had a post office from 1883 until 1935.[2]
The Rock Island served the area for many years until the company ceased operation in 1980. The track was then used by various rail lines until being abandoned in the mid-1990s. While part of the line was scrapped, the remaining track from Abilene to Woodbine has been purchased by the Abilene and Smoky Valley Railroad.
All that remains in Pearl today are the railroad tracks, the CO-OP grain elevator, and the ruins of a solitary stone house.[citation needed]
Education[]
The community is served by Chapman USD 473 public school district.
Notable people[]
- Sam R. Heller, former president of Eisenhower Foundation which helped build the Eisenhower Library & Museum in Abilene.
References[]
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pearl, Kansas
- ^ "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961 (archived)". Kansas Historical Society. Archived from the original on September 9, 2013. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
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Coordinates: 38°51′06″N 97°02′39″W / 38.85167°N 97.04417°W
Categories:
- Unincorporated communities in Dickinson County, Kansas
- Unincorporated communities in Kansas
- Populated places established in 1887
- 1887 establishments in Kansas
- North Central Kansas geography stubs