Stickney, Kansas

Unincorporated community in Barton County, Kansas

Unincorporated community in Kansas, United States

38°38′17″N 98°49′46″W / 38.63806°N 98.82944°W / 38.63806; -98.82944^[1]CountryUnited StatesStateKansasCountyBartonTownshipWheatlandElevation

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1,955 ft (596 m)Time zoneUTC-6 (CST) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)ZIP code

67544

Area code620FIPS code20-68250GNIS ID484733 ^[1]

Stickney is an unincorporated area in Wheatland Township, Barton County, Kansas, United States.^[1] It is the site of a grain elevator, but there is no community or settlement at Stickney.^[2]

History

A post office opened at Stickney in 1898 and remained in operation until 1913.^[3]

Geography

Stickney is 1 mile (1.6 km) east of U.S. Route 281 and 19 miles (31 km) north of Great Bend, the county seat.^[4]

Stickney lies roughly 1.5 miles (2.4 km) east of Sellens Creek, a tributary of the Smoky Hill River, in the Smoky Hills region of the Great Plains.^[4]^[5]

Transportation

Stickney lies at the intersection of NW 190 Road, a paved east–west county road, and NW 30 Avenue, an unpaved north–south county road.^[4]

The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway formerly operated a freight rail line that ran east–west through Stickney, but the line has since been removed.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Stickney, Kansas
^ "Stickney, KS [Street View]". Google Maps. Retrieved July 17, 2015.
^ "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961". Kansas Historical Society. Archived from the original on October 9, 2013. Retrieved August 2, 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "General Highway Map - Barton County, Kansas". Kansas Department of Transportation. 2009. Retrieved July 22, 2015.
^ "2003-2004 Official Transportation Map" (PDF). Kansas Department of Transportation. 2003. Retrieved July 22, 2015.