Harding, Kansas
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|settlement_type = Unincorporated community
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|subdivision_name = United States
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|subdivision_name1 = Kansas
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|subdivision_name2 = Bourbon
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|elevation_ft = 853
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|timezone = CST
|utc_offset = -6
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|area_code = 620
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|blank_info = 20-29975
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|blank1_info = 474557{{GNIS|474557}}
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Harding is an unincorporated community in Bourbon County, Kansas, United States.
History
A post office was established at Harding in 1888, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1933.{{cite web | title=Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961 | url=http://www.kshs.org/geog/geog_postoffices/search/county:BB | publisher=Kansas Historical Society | accessdate=August 2, 2014}} The community was named for Russell Harding, a railroad official.{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=xdchAAAAIBAJ&sjid=bp8FAAAAIBAJ&pg=1273%2C4234430 | title=Many Towns Have Disappeared | work=The Fort Scott Tribune | date=July 16, 1976 | accessdate=16 May 2015 | pages=3C}}
References
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Further reading
{{See also|Bourbon County, Kansas#Further reading|l1=List of books about Bourbon County, Kansas}}
External links
- Bourbon County maps: [https://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/county-pdf/bourbon.PDF Current], [https://www.ksdot.org/bureaus/burtransplan/maps/PastPublishedCounty.asp Historic] - KDOT
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Category:Unincorporated communities in Bourbon County, Kansas
Category:Unincorporated communities in Kansas
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