Fairport, Kansas
{{Short description|Unincorporated community in Russell County, Kansas}}
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Fairport is an unincorporated community in Paradise Township, Russell County, Kansas, United States. It is located about 12 miles north of Gorham near the west county line and next the Saline River.
History
In 1879, Knight & Bradshaw built Fairport Mills, a steam and water-powered flour mill, at a site on the Saline River northwest of Russell, Kansas.{{Citation | last = Cutler | first = William G. | contribution = Russell County, Part 2 | title = History of the State of Kansas | place = Chicago | publisher = A.T. Andreas | year = 1883 | contribution-url = http://www.kancoll.org/books/cutler/russell/russell-co-p2.html }} A rural post office had opened near the site in October 1878 under the name Clarkson, but changed its name to Fairport in 1881.{{cite web | title = Post Offices in Kansas | publisher = Kansas State Historical Society | url = http://www.kshs.org/genealogists/places/postoffices.htm | accessdate = 2010-08-11}} The community of Fairport grew up around the mill and, by 1910, had local trade and a population of 75.{{Cite book | contribution = Fairport | title = Kansas: a cyclopedia of state history, embracing events, institutions, industries, counties, cities, towns, prominent persons, etc. | editor-last = Blackmar | editor-first = Frank W. | volume = 1 | page = 620 | place = Chicago | publisher = Standard | year = 1912 | contribution-url = http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/archives/1912/f/fairport.html | postscript = .}} The post office closed in 1959.
Geography
Fairport lies in the Smoky Hills region of the Great Plains on the Saline River which wraps around the east, north, and west sides of the town in a meander.{{cite web | title = 2003-2004 Official Transportation Map | publisher = Kansas Department of Transportation | year = 2003 | url = http://www.ksdot.org/burtransplan/maps/HistoricStateMaps/2003-04Mapside.pdf | accessdate = 2010-12-12}}{{cite web | title = General Highway Map - Russell County, Kansas | publisher = Kansas Department of Transportation | date = 2010-10-01 | url = http://www.ksdot.org/burtransplan/maps/county-pdf/russell.PDF | accessdate = 2010-12-12}} Fairport is roughly 14 miles (22 km) northwest of Russell, the county seat.
Education
Fairport had a two year high school in connection with the common school until 1940 when Fairport High School joined Paradise High School."Fairport High School Joins Paradise District", Natoma Independent, 11 April 1940, p.1
Transportation
Paradise-Fairport Road, an unpaved east–west county road, enters Fairport from the east, turns north through the town, then turns west and exits the town, becoming Fairport-Natoma Road.{{cite web | title = Fairport, KS 67665 | publisher = Google Maps | url = https://maps.google.com/maps/place?ftid=0x87a22df98e1730ed:0xbf3dd2cd64cd7887&q=Fairport,+KS&hl=en&ved=0CA0Q-QswAA&ei=Q2EFTdb-B4roygT_z-DvCA&sll=39.045845,-99.030646&sspn=0.017333,0.032015&ie=UTF8&ll=39.063515,-99.0693&spn=0,0&z=14 | accessdate = 2010-12-12}}
References
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Further reading
{{See also|Russell County, Kansas#Further reading|l1=List of books about Russell County, Kansas}}
External links
- Russell County maps: [https://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/county-pdf/russell.PDF Current], [https://www.ksdot.org/bureaus/burtransplan/maps/PastPublishedCounty.asp Historic], KDOT
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Category:Unincorporated communities in Russell County, Kansas