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Zook, Kansas

Coordinates: 38°03′28″N 99°05′13″W / 38.05778°N 99.08694°W / 38.05778; -99.08694
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Zook was a town located in Pawnee County, Kansas.[1][2] The town was started by the Mennonite John Zook, who came to Larned, Kansas, in the 1880s and then moved his family to the location that would become Zook, a mile east of what is now Highway 19 in southeastern Pawnee County.[2]

The town grew in population when the Anthony and Northern Railroad came through the area.[2] The region's first consolidated school was built in 1922,[2] and by 1940 the town had "a school, church, grain elevator and filling station."[3] The school closed for good in 1962.[2]

NFL football player John Zook attended school there.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Zook". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2020-09-22.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "The Hutchinson News Online Edition". hutchnews.com. 2011-08-21. Archived from the original on 2011-08-21. Retrieved 2020-08-25.
  3. ^ McMurry, Glenn. "Zook, Kansas, Consolidated Schools". This is Greg's Sandbox. Retrieved 2020-08-25.

38°03′28″N 99°05′13″W / 38.05778°N 99.08694°W / 38.05778; -99.08694