Berryton, Kansas
Berryton, Kansas | |
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 Berryton (2010) | |
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  Berryton  Berryton | |
| Coordinates: 38°56′27″N 95°37′54″W / 38.94083°N 95.63167°W[1] | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Kansas |
| County | Shawnee |
| Township | Monmouth |
| Elevation | 997 ft (304 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP code | 66409[2] |
| Area code | 785 |
| FIPS code | 20-06300 |
| GNIS ID | 479067[1] |
Berryton is an unincorporated community in Shawnee County, Kansas, United States.[1] It is located east of the Topeka Regional Airport.
History
[edit]Berryton was laid out in 1888 and named for its two founders, George Washington Berry and his son George Webster Berry.[3][4] The first post office in Berryton was established in May 1888.[5] In 1912 the town was described as, "a little village of Shawnee county, is a station on the Missouri Pacific R. R., 9 miles southeast of the city of Topeka. It has a money order postoffice with one rural delivery route, and is a trading center for the neighborhood in which it is located. The population in 1910 was 75."[6]
It currently has a post office, an elementary school, an event center, and two churches.
Demographics
[edit]Berryton is part of the Topeka, Kansas Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Education
[edit]The community is served by Shawnee Heights USD 450 public school district. The Shawnee Heights High School mascot is Thunderbirds.[7]
Berryton High School was closed through school unification. The Berryton Buffaloes[8] won the Kansas State High School class B baseball championship in 1951.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Berryton, Kansas
- ^ "Berryton ZIP Code". zipdatamaps.com. 2022. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
- ^ Duncan, Spencer L. (2005). Historic Shawnee County: The Story of Topeka & Shawnee County. HPN Books. p. 73.
- ^ From Berry Creek to Berryton: A History of the Settlements in Shawnee County, Kansas, Founded by George Washington Berry and His Son, George Webster Berry
- ^ "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961". Kansas Historical Society. Archived from the original on October 9, 2013. Retrieved June 27, 2014.
- ^ Frank Wilson Blackmar (1912). Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Embracing Events, Institutions, Industries, Counties, Cities, Towns, Prominent Persons, Etc. ... with a Supplementary Volume Devoted to Selected Personal History and Reminiscence. Standard publishing Company. p. 176. ISBN 978-0-7222-4905-5.
- ^ "Shawnee Heights USD #450". USD 450. Retrieved January 6, 2017.
- ^ "Berryton High School". classmates. Retrieved January 10, 2017.
- ^ "Baseball". KSHSAA. Archived from the original on January 7, 2017. Retrieved January 6, 2017.
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| Footnotes | ‡This community also has portions in an adjacent county or counties. | |