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Clifton was founded in 1870, and bears the name of a surveyor who had platted the original town in 1859. [4] [a] Clifton was an important shipping point located at the junction of three railroads. [7]
Clifton Township is a township in Wilson County, Kansas, United States. History. Clifton Township was named after Clifton, ... Clifton Township, Wilson County, Kansas.
Kearney County was established on March 6, 1873, and was dissolved in 1883, with the land area being split between Hamilton and Finney counties. It was reestablished with its original borders in 1887, and organized on March 27, 1888. In 1889, the name was corrected to Kearny County (without an extra "e") to match the last name of Philip Kearny ...
Fort Clifton was a 19th-century fort in Kansas.It was built in August 1862 by settlers from the area to protect themselves from Native Americans. Near the old site of Clifton (west of the present town of Clifton at the border of Clay and Washington Counties), it was occupied until 1863.
Wilson County is a county located in Southeast Kansas. Its county seat is Fredonia. [3] As of the 2020 census, the county population was 8,624. [1] The county was named after Hiero Wilson, a colonel in the American Civil War.
Fort Brooks, in northwest Clay County, Kansas, was located three miles west of Clifton, Kansas. Built on the north bank of the Republican River in August or September 1864, it was named for George D. Brooks. Brooks, an ensign in the Shirley County Militia, owned the farm on which the fort was located. Capt.
It’s the second Sedgwick County facility that serves children to close in the past two months because of staffing problems. County closes Wichita clinic for low-income pregnant women, new moms ...
Clifton Township, Wilson County, Kansas; See also. List of Kansas townships; Clifton Township (disambiguation) This page was last edited on 10 ...