Croft, Kansas

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

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Croft is an unincorporated community in Township 10,{{Cite web |title=Pratt Zoning Map |url=https://www.prattcounty.org/DocumentCenter/View/78/Pratt-Zoning-Map?bidId=}} Pratt County, Kansas, United States.{{cite gnis2|484675|Croft, Kansas}} It is located approximately {{convert|20|mi}} southwest of Pratt, along SW 140th Ave between SW 90th St and SW 100th St.

History

Croft reported a population of 30 in 1910 and was located in the now-defunct Springvale Township of Pratt County, Kansas. It formerly hosted a station on the Wichita & Englewood division of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe railroad.{{Cite book |last=Blackmar |first=Frank |url=https://archive.org/details/kansascyclopedia01blac/page/484/mode/2up?q=croft |title=Kansas; a cyclopedia of state history, embracing events, institutions, industries, counties, cities, towns, prominent persons, etc. |isbn=978-1343588950 |pages=484}} It had telephone connections, local trade, did some shipping and in 1910, reported a population of 30. A post office was opened in Croft in 1907, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1961.{{cite web |url=http://www.kshs.org/geog/geog_postoffices/search/county:PR |title=Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961 |publisher=Kansas Historical Society |accessdate=22 June 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131009132939/http://www.kshs.org/geog/geog_postoffices/search/county%3APR |archivedate=October 9, 2013 }}

The town's grain elevator closed in the early 1990s.{{Cite web |title=The Dead Town of Croft |url=https://www.hutchnews.com/picture-gallery/news/local/kansas-agland/2017/12/01/the-dead-town-of-croft/414155007/ |access-date=2024-06-08 |website=The Hutchinson News |language=en-US}}

Education

The community is served by Skyline USD 438 public school district.

References

External links

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

Category:Unincorporated communities in Pratt County, Kansas

Category:Unincorporated communities in Kansas

Croft, Kansas

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