Eminence, Kansas | |
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 KDOT map of Finney County (legend) | |
| Coordinates: 38°08′50″N 100°30′37″W / 38.14722°N 100.51028°W[1] | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Kansas |
| County | Finney |
| Elevation | 2,608 ft (795 m) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 0 |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| Area code | 620 |
| GNIS ID | 485330 [1] |
Eminence is a ghost town in Finney County, Kansas, United States.[1]
History
Eminence was founded in 1887.[2]
A post office was opened in Eminence in June 1887, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1942.[3]
In popular culture
Eminence is the Federal Emergency Management Agency refugee center established to take evacuees from Denver, Colorado as the event of an explosion at a train derailment and the subsequent detonation of a smuggled Russian nuclear weapon which was in the derailment wreckage in the 1999 TV movie Atomic Train.
References
- 1 2 3 4 "Eminence, Kansas", Geographic Names Information System, United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior
- ↑ "Finney County". Blue Skyways. Kansas State Library. Retrieved June 10, 2014.
- ↑ "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961 (archived)". Kansas Historical Society. Archived from the original on October 9, 2013. Retrieved June 10, 2014.
Further reading
External links
Municipalities and communities of Finney County, Kansas, United States | ||
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| Cities |  Map of Kansas highlighting Finney County | |
| Unincorporated communities | ||
| Ghost towns | ||
| Townships | ||
| Footnotes | †This community is designated a Census-Designated Place (CDP) by the United States Census Bureau. | |
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