Bois d'Arc, Kansas
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| Bois d'Arc, Kansas | |
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 Bois d'Arc, Kansas
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| Coordinates: 37°35′47″N 96°55′31″W / 37.59639°N 96.92528°WCoordinates: 37°35′47″N 96°55′31″W / 37.59639°N 96.92528°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Kansas |
| County | Butler |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
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Bois d'Arc is an unincorporated community in Butler County, Kansas, United States. The post office was established December 21, 1892, and was discontinued March 31, 1904. The nearby Little Walnut River Pratt Truss Bridge is on the National Register of Historic Places.
The name Bois d'Arc is taken from a common tree in the area, the Osage Orange tree.
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- County
- History of Butler County Kansas; Vol P Mooney; Standard Publishing; 869 pages; 1916. (Download 68MB PDF eBook)
- Kansas
- History of the State of Kansas; William G. Cutler; A.T. Andreas Publisher; 1883. (Online HTML eBook)
- Kansas : A Cyclopedia of State History, Embracing Events, Institutions, Industries, Counties, Cities, Towns, Prominent Persons, Etc; 3 Volumes; Frank W. Blackmar; Standard Publishing Co; 944 / 955 / 824 pages; 1912. (Volume1 - Download 54MB PDF eBook), (Volume2 - Download 53MB PDF eBook), (Volume3 - Download 33MB PDF eBook)
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