Bazaar, Kansas
{{Short description|Unincorporated community in Chase County, Kansas}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}
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Bazaar is an unincorporated community in Chase County, Kansas, United States. It is located about halfway between Strong City and Matfield Green near the intersection of K-177 highway and Sharps Creek Rd.
History
File:Bazaar, Kansas (circa 1900-1909).jpg
A post office was established in Bazaar on April 16, 1860. The post office was renamed "Mary" on July 20, 1876, and then back to Bazaar on March 19, 1878. The post office closed on April 26, 1974.{{cite web |url=http://www.kshs.org/geog/geog_postoffices/search/county:CS |title=Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961 (archived) |publisher=Kansas Historical Society |access-date=5 June 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131009125935/http://www.kshs.org/geog/geog_postoffices/search/county%3ACS |archive-date=October 9, 2013 }}
On March 31, 1931, a Transcontinental & Western Air airliner crashed a few miles southwest of Bazaar, killing all on board, including University of Notre Dame coach Knute Rockne. There is a monument located on private property at {{Coord|38|14|09|N|96|35|12|W|region:US-KS_type:landmark_source:GNIS}}, and yearly tours provide access to the site.{{Cite web |url=http://www.kansas.com/2012/03/18/2261717/81-years-since-kansas-plane-crash.html |title=81 Years Since Kansas Plane Crash; The Wichita-Eagle; March 18, 2012. |access-date=March 20, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120708025612/http://www.kansas.com/2012/03/18/2261717/81-years-since-kansas-plane-crash.html |archive-date=July 8, 2012 |url-status=dead }}
Bazaar still serves as a rail depot for local cattle ranching.
Additionally several large ranches are owned by Texas oil billionaire Ed Bass and The Nature Conservancy, most of which is the Flint Hills section that overlaps the city and remains primarily for conservation purposes of the Flint Hills.{{cite news|url=https://www.kansas.com/news/business/biz-columns-blogs/carrie-rengers/article249034505.html|title=The man who helped transform the Flint Hills is leaving, but his legacy will remain|newspaper=The Wichita Eagle|first1=Carrie|last1=Rengers|date=7 February 2021|access-date=February 1, 2022|url-access=limited}}
Geography
Bazaar is located in the Flint Hills region of the Great Plains.{{Cite web |url=http://www.kansasflinthills.travel/ |title=Flint Hills Tourism Coalition |access-date=2020-06-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130810214951/http://www.kansasflinthills.travel/ |archive-date=2013-08-10 |url-status=dead }} By highway, it is {{convert|18|mi}} north of the Kansas Turnpike toll road exit at Cassoday, or {{convert|7|mi}} south of the U.S. Route 50 exit at Strong City.
Demographics
The community is part of the Emporia Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Education
The community is served by Chase County USD 284 public school district. It has two schools.
Transportation
K-177 highway and Southern Transcon main line of BNSF Railway both pass north–south through Bazaar.
References
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Further reading
{{See also|Chase County, Kansas#Further reading|l1=List of books about Chase County, Kansas}}
External links
{{Commons category|Bazaar, Kansas}}
- [https://chasecountyks.com/ Chase County website]
- [http://www.galenfrysinger.com/kansas_bazaar.htm Bazaar - A "Quiet" town of Chase County, Kansas]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120310111017/http://www.bazaarumc.com/past.html Bazaar United Methodist Church history]
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Category:Unincorporated communities in Chase County, Kansas