KDOT map of Sumner County (legend)
1915 Railroad Map of Sumner County

Ewell is a ghost town in Sumner County, Kansas, United States.[1] It is located about 3.5 miles southwest of Conway Springs at 0.25 mile southeast of the intersection of N Bluff Rd and W 60th Ave N, next to an abandoned railroad.[2]

History

Ewell was located next to a former railroad between Conway Springs and Argonia.

Ewell had a post office between 1885 and 1906.[3]

This community no longer exists, though a modern home and its buildings exist on the site.

Education

The rural area around the former community is currently served by Conway Springs USD 356 public school district.

References

  1. ↑ "Ewell, Kansas", Geographic Names Information System, United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior
  2. ↑ Blackmar, Frank Wilson (1912). Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Embracing Events, Institutions, Industries, Counties, Cities, Towns, Prominent Persons, Etc. Standard Publishing Company. pp. 601.
  3. ↑ "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961". Kansas Historical Society. Archived from the original on October 9, 2013. Retrieved June 27, 2014.

Further reading

37°20′24″N 97°41′26″W / 37.34000°N 97.69056°W / 37.34000; -97.69056

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