Toulon, Kansas

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

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|settlement_type = Unincorporated community

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|subdivision_name = United States

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|subdivision_name1 = Kansas

|subdivision_type2 = County

|subdivision_name2 = Ellis

|subdivision_type3 = Township

|subdivision_name3 = Big Creek

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|named_for = Toulon, France

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|timezone = CST

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|postal_code_type = ZIP code

|postal_code = 67601

|area_code_type = Area code

|area_code = 785

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|blank_info = 20-71100

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Toulon is an unincorporated community in Big Creek Township, Ellis County, Kansas, United States. It is located east of Hays along old Hiway 40.{{cite web | title = General Highway Map - Ellis County, Kansas | publisher = Kansas Department of Transportation | year = 1978 | url = https://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/HistoricCountyTWP/ellisCoTWP.PDF | accessdate = 2015-07-16}}

History

Toulon was likely named, directly or indirectly, for the city of Toulon, in France.{{cite web | url=http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=5075 | title=Profile for Toulon, Kansas | publisher=ePodunk | accessdate=9 June 2014}}

A post office in Toulon opened in 1889, closed temporarily in 1891, reopened in 1898, and closed permanently in 1901.{{cite web|url=http://www.kshs.org/geog/geog_postoffices/search/county:EL |title=Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961 (archived) |publisher=Kansas Historical Society |accessdate=9 June 2014 |url-status=unfit |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131009131744/http://www.kshs.org/geog/geog_postoffices/search/county:EL |archivedate=October 9, 2013 }}

Geography

Toulon is {{convert|1.8|mi|km}} south of Interstate 70 and {{convert|2|mi|km}} east of Hays city limits.{{cite web | title = General Highway Map - Ellis County, Kansas | publisher = Kansas Department of Transportation | year = 2010 | url = https://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/county-dgn/ellis.jpg | accessdate = 2015-07-16}}

Toulon lies {{convert|4|mi|km}} north of Big Creek in the Smoky Hills region of the Great Plains.{{cite web | title = 2003-2004 Official Transportation Map | publisher = Kansas Department of Transportation | year = 2003 | url = https://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/HistoricStateMaps/2003-04Mapside.pdf | accessdate = 2015-07-16}}

Transportation

The old alignment of U.S. Route 40, now a paved county road, runs southeast–northwest through Toulon.{{cite web | title = Official 1960-61 Kansas Highway Map | publisher = Kansas Department of Transportation | url = https://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/HistoricStateMaps/1960Mapside.pdf| accessdate = 2015-07-16}} Another paved county road, Toulon Avenue, runs north–south through the community, connecting to an interchange with Interstate 70 to the north.{{cite web | title = Toulon, KS | publisher = Google Maps | url = https://www.google.com/maps/place/Toulon,+Big+Creek,+KS+67671/@38.8584956,-99.2478409,14z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x87a17c363ed2c583:0x47f995f3f3aca6f3 | accessdate = 2015-07-16}}

The Kansas Pacific (KP) line of the Union Pacific Railroad runs southeast–northwest through Toulon, parallel to the old alignment of U.S. 40.{{cite web | title = UPRR Common Line Names | publisher = Union Pacific Railroad | url = http://www.uprr.com/aboutup/maps/attachments/upcomnam.pdf | accessdate = 2015-07-16}}

References

External links

Ellis County maps: [https://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/county-pdf/ellis.PDF Current], [https://www.ksdot.org/bureaus/burtransplan/maps/PastPublishedCounty.asp Historic], KDOT

Category:Unincorporated communities in Ellis County, Kansas

Category:Unincorporated communities in Kansas