Bala, Kansas

{{Short description|Unincorporated community in Riley County, Kansas}}

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|settlement_type = CDP

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|subdivision_name2 = Riley

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|established_title = Founded

|established_date = 1862

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|named_for = Bala

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|elevation_ft = 1293

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|population_as_of = 2020

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|timezone = CST

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|area_code = 785

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|blank_info = 20-03800

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Bala is a census-designated place (CDP) in Bala Township, Riley County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 29.{{cite web |title=Profile of Bala, Kansas (CDP) in 2020 |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US2003800 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=April 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220426041158/https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US2003800 |archive-date=April 26, 2022 |url-status=live}}

History

Bala was settled circa 1862. It was a shipping point on the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad.{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_o8X5krq3fP8C | title=Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Embracing Events, Institutions, Industries, Counties, Cities, Towns, Prominent Persons, Etc. | publisher=Standard Publishing Company | author=Blackmar, Frank Wilson | year=1912 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_o8X5krq3fP8C/page/n128 132]}} The community is named after Bala, in Wales.{{cite web | url=http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=4451 | title=Profile for Bala, Kansas | publisher=ePodunk | accessdate=22 June 2014}}

A post office was opened in Bala in 1871, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1966.{{cite web|url=http://www.kshs.org/geog/geog_postoffices/search/county:RL |title=Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961 |publisher=Kansas Historical Society |accessdate=22 June 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131009134039/http://www.kshs.org/geog/geog_postoffices/search/county%3ARL |archivedate=October 9, 2013 }}

Demographics

{{US Census population

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|2020= 29

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|footnote=[https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html U.S. Decennial Census]

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Education

The community is served by Riley County USD 378 public school district.{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st20_ks/schooldistrict_maps/c20161_riley/DC20SD_C20161.pdf|title=2020 Census - School District Reference Map: Riley County, KS|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=2024-11-02}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st20_ks/schooldistrict_maps/c20161_riley/DC20SD_C20161_SD2MS.txt Text list]

References

External links

Riley County maps: [https://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/county-pdf/riley.PDF Current], [https://www.ksdot.org/bureaus/burtransplan/maps/PastPublishedCounty.asp Historic], KDOT

Category:Census-designated places in Riley County, Kansas