Keighley, Kansas
Keighley is an unincorporated community in Butler County, Kansas, United States.[1]
History
[edit]A post office was opened in Keighley in 1880, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1943.[2]
Until 1925, Keighley was a stop on the St. Louis–San Francisco Railway, east of Augusta. That changed after the first oil strike. The small trading post grew to a community of 500 people and included a grain elevator, a hardware store, hotel, lumber yard, café, post office and general store. In 1927, Keighley District completed at a cost of $15,000 a brick school building. In 1926, a fire destroyed the lumber yard and hotel.[3] The brick school house burned down and was replaced in 1948 by a school house of cinder block, which still stands.[4] By 1934, the once busy roads of Keighley were again simply highways. Today, it is on U.S. Route 400 east of Leon, Kansas and west of Beaumont, Kansas.
Education
[edit]The community is served by Bluestem USD 205 public school district.
References
[edit]- ^ "Keighley, Kansas", Geographic Names Information System, United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior
- ^ "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961". Kansas Historical Society. Retrieved August 2, 2014.
- ^ "Butler County, KS".
- ^ "Butler County, KS".
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