Kingsdown, Kansas

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

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|subdivision_name2 = Ford

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|established_date = 1887

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Kingsdown is an unincorporated community in Ford County, Kansas, United States. It is located along U.S. Route 54 highway.

History

Kingsdown was founded in 1887.{{cite web|url=http://www.skyways.org/counties/FO/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010605165306/http://www.skyways.org/counties/FO/ |url-status=dead |archive-date= 5 June 2001 |title=Ford County |publisher=Kansas State Library |work=Blue Skyways |accessdate=10 June 2014 }}

A post office in Kingsdown opened in 1888, closed in 1891, reopened in 1892, and closed again in 1893, was re-established in 1904, and closed permanently in 1994.{{cite web|url=http://www.kshs.org/geog/geog_postoffices/search/county:FO |title=Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961 |publisher=Kansas Historical Society |accessdate=10 June 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131009131924/http://www.kshs.org/geog/geog_postoffices/search/county%3AFO |archivedate= 9 October 2013 }}

References

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Further reading

{{See also|Ford County, Kansas#Further reading|l1=List of books about Ford County, Kansas}}