Hesper, Kansas

Coordinates: 38°53′55″N 95°04′29″W / 38.89861°N 95.07472°W / 38.89861; -95.07472
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Hesper, Kansas
Unincorporated community
Hesper Friends Church, organized in 1858.
Hesper Friends Church, organized in 1858.
Hesper, Kansas is located in Kansas
Hesper, Kansas
Hesper, Kansas
Hesper, Kansas is located in the United States
Hesper, Kansas
Hesper, Kansas
Coordinates: 38°53′55″N 95°04′29″W / 38.89861°N 95.07472°W / 38.89861; -95.07472
CountryUnited States
StateKansas
CountyDouglas
Elevation
922 ft (281 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code785
GNIS feature ID479160[1]

Hesper is an unincorporated community in Douglas County, Kansas located two and a half miles southeast of Eudora. Hesper was founded in 1858 by Quakers wanting to lend support to the free-state cause. In 1884, the Hesper Academy was opened but it closed in 1912.[2]

A post office was opened in Hesper in 1868, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1900.[3]

Friends University in Wichita was founded by James Davis, who was a native of Hesper.[4] The town is also the birthplace of the college football player and coach John H. Outland, namesake of the Outland Trophy.

References

  1. ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  2. ^ Shortridge, James R. Shortridge (1988) [1977]. Kaw Valley Landscapes. University Press of Kansas.
  3. ^ "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961". Kansas Historical Society. Retrieved June 8, 2014.
  4. ^ Shortridge, James R. Shortridge (1988) [1977]. Kaw Valley Landscapes. University Press of Kansas.
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