Carona, Kansas
{{Short description|Unincorporated community in Cherokee County, Kansas}}
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Carona is an unincorporated community in Cherokee County, Kansas, United States.
History
Carona was originally called Carbona, because the area was rich with coal{{cite web | url=http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=4510 | title=Profile for Carona, Kansas | publisher=ePodunk | accessdate=6 June 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304070012/http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=4510 | archive-date=4 March 2016 | url-status=dead }} and coal is a carbon-based fuel.
A post office was opened in Carona in 1905, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1988.{{cite web | url=http://www.kshs.org/geog/geog_postoffices/search/page:2/county:CK/sort:date_established/direction:asc | title=Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961, page 2 | publisher=Kansas Historical Society | accessdate=6 June 2014}}
Area attractions
Carona is the home of the Heart of the Heartlands museum complex dedicated to preserving the history railroads had in the mining industry. The complex includes a railroad museum; a restored Missouri Pacific Depot from Carona; a restored Missouri Pacific Depot from Boston, Missouri; and, a collection of railroad locomotives and cars, including the cosmetically restored KCS Steam Locomotive #1023 that once was displayed at Schlanger Park in Pittsburg, Kansas.{{cite web | url=http://www.heartlandstrainclub.org/museumcomplex.html | title=Carona Museum Complex | publisher=Heart of the Heartlands Train Club | accessdate=12 June 2018}}
References
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Further reading
{{See also|Cherokee County, Kansas#Further reading|l1=List of books about Cherokee County, Kansas}}
External links
- Cherokee County maps: [https://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/county-pdf/cherokee.PDF Current], [https://www.ksdot.org/bureaus/burtransplan/maps/PastPublishedCounty.asp Historic], KDOT
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Category:Unincorporated communities in Cherokee County, Kansas
Category:Unincorporated communities in Kansas
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