Gordon, Kansas
{{Short description|Unincorporated community in Butler County, Kansas}}
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Gordon is an unincorporated community in Butler County, Kansas, United States.
History
A post office existed in Gordon from June 30, 1884, to June 30, 1936.{{cite web|url=http://www.kshs.org/geog/geog_postoffices/search/county:BU |title=Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961 (archived) |publisher=Kansas Historical Society |accessdate=5 June 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131009125851/http://www.kshs.org/geog/geog_postoffices/search/county%3ABU |archivedate=9 October 2013 }}
Gordon was a station on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway.{{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/n761 765]}}
Education
The community is served by Augusta USD 402 public school district.
Notable people
- Tom Sturdivant, baseball player who pitched for ten seasons on seven different teams.
- Rosalie E. Wahl, Minnesota Supreme Court justice, was born in Gordon.[http://www.mnhs.org/library/findaids/00430.xml Minnesota Historical Society Biographical Sketch of Justice Rosalie Wahl]
References
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Further reading
{{See also|Butler County, Kansas#Further reading|l1=List of books about Butler County, Kansas}}
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Category:Unincorporated communities in Butler County, Kansas
Category:Unincorporated communities in Kansas
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