Kansas, Indiana

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| official_name = Kansas, Indiana

| settlement_type = Ghost town

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| map_caption = Bartholomew County's location in Indiana

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| pushpin_map = USA Indiana Bartholomew County

| pushpin_label = Kansas

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| subdivision_type = Country

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| subdivision_name2 = Bartholomew

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| established_title = Platted

| established_date = 1855

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| timezone = Eastern (EST)

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| timezone_DST = EDT

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| elevation_ft = 692

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| postal_code = 47201

| area_code = 812 & 930

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| blank_info = 452133{{GNIS|452133}}

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Kansas was a former unincorporated community in Bartholomew County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.

The community now lies within the boundaries of Camp Atterbury.

History

Kansas was laid out in 1855.{{cite book|last=Baker|first=Ronald L.|title=From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History|url=https://archive.org/details/fromneedmoretopr00bake|url-access=registration|date=October 1995|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=978-0-253-32866-3|page=[https://archive.org/details/fromneedmoretopr00bake/page/n199 182]|quote=This village was laid out on February 15, 1855...}} A post office was established at Kansas in 1856, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1863.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Bartholomew&searchtext=&pagenum=2 | title=Bartholomew County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate = February 29, 2020}}

References

Category:Ghost towns in Indiana