Slate, Kansas

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Slate, Kansas
Slate is located in Kansas
Slate
Slate
Location within the state of Kansas
Coordinates: 39°28′50″N 99°31′38″W / 39.48056°N 99.52722°W / 39.48056; -99.52722Coordinates: 39°28′50″N 99°31′38″W / 39.48056°N 99.52722°W / 39.48056; -99.52722
CountryUnited States
StateKansas
CountyRooks
Elevation
2,172 ft (662 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID482003[1]

Slate was a small settlement in Bow Creek Township, Rooks County, Kansas, United States.

History[]

Slate was located in Bow Township along Slate Creek.[2] A post office was issued to Slate in 1880. The post office was discontinued in 1903.[3] Population in 1910 was 36.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 1984-07-01. Retrieved 2017-12-30.
  2. ^ a b Blackmar, Frank Wilson (1912). Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Volume 2, Chicago: Standard Publishing Company, p. 698
  3. ^ "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961". Kansas Historical Society. Retrieved 2017-12-30.

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