Brazilton, Kansas

Brazilton, Kansas is an unincorporated community in Crawford County, Kansas, United States.[1] It located along highway K-3.

History

Brazilton was named in 1882 for Thomas Brazil, a farmer who resided there.[2][3]

A post office was opened in Brazilton in 1882, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1966.[4]

Brazilton was a station and shipping point on the Pittsburg & Chanute division of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway.[5] The railroad tracks were removed in the 1990s.

References
  1. Official State Transportation Map (Map) (2007-2008 ed.). Kansas Department of Transportation. § F12.
  2. A Twentieth Century History and Biographical Record of Crawford County, Kansas. The Lewis Publishing Company. 1905. pp. 307.
  3. "Profile for Brazilton, Kansas". ePodunk. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
  4. "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961 (archived)". Kansas Historical Society. Archived from the original on October 9, 2013. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
  5. Blackmar, Frank Wilson (1912). Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Embracing Events, Institutions, Industries, Counties, Cities, Towns, Prominent Persons, Etc. Standard Publishing Company. pp. 232.


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