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Acres, a post-village of Clark county, is a station on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe R. R. 8 miles west of Ashland, the county seat. It is a shipping and supply point for the neighborhood in which it is situated, and in 1910 reported a population of 30. Extracted 2002 by Carolyn Ward from Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, volume I, page 24.

Appleton, after being bypassed by the railroad, most residents moved to Minneola.

Ashland, the county seat of Clark county and one of the growing towns of southwest Kansas, is located a little southeast of the geographical center of the county, on Beaver creek and the line of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe R. R.. that runs from Wichita to Englewood. Ashland's population almost doubled during the decade from 1900 to 1910. In the former year it was 493 and in the latter 910. The volume of business and shipping increased in even greater proportions than the population. The city has two banks, grain elevators, a weekly newspaper—the Clark County Clipper—several general stores, hardware, drug and jewelry stores, confectioneries, etc., a good public school system, and the Catholics, Methodists, Christians and Presbyterians all have neat church edifices. The Ashland postoffice is authorized to issue international money orders, express, telegraph and telephone facilities are ample, and taken altogether, Ashland can be described as a wide-awake, progressive little city. Extracted 2002 by Carolyn Ward from Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, volume I, pages 106-107.

Cash City, an extinct town of Clark county, was laid out by Cash Henderson of Wichita in township 35, range 25, at the crossing of the Tuttle, Ashland and Meade Center trails. A weekly newspaper (the Cash City Cashier) was established, the first number making its appearance on Oct. 29, 1886. An old map of the county shows two projected lines of railroad running through Cash City, but the roads were not built and the town finally disappeared. Extracted 2002 by Carolyn Ward from Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, volume I, pages 298-299.

Englewood, an incorporated city of Clark county, is situated in the township of the same name 15 miles southwest of Ashland, the county seat. It is the terminus of a division of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe railway system, has 2 banks, grain elevators, a hotel, flour mills, telephone connections, an international money order postoffice, telegraph and express offices, churches of some of the leading Protestant denominations, a weekly newspaper (the Leader-Tribune), some well stocked mercantile establishments, and in 1910 reported a population of 518.

Englewood was founded in 1884 by a town company of which N. E. Osborn was president; M. L. Mun, vice-president; B. B. Bush, secretary, and Grant Hatfield, treasurer. The capital stock of the company was $60,000. Soon after the town was laid out a stage line was opened to Dodge City, the stages leaving Englewood on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. On April 24, 1885, G. M. Magill published the first number of the Clark County Chief at Englewood. In 1890 the population was 175, and in 1900 it was 181. Extracted 2002 by Carolyn Ward from Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, volume I, page 590.

Lexington, a rural postoffice of Clark county, is situated on Bluff creek in the township of the same name, about 12 miles northeast of Ashland, the county seat, and 9 miles northwest of Protection, which is the nearest railroad station. Extracted 2002 by Carolyn Ward from Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, volume II, page 152.

Minneola, an incorporated city of Clark county, is located near the northwest corner, about 25 miles from Ashland, the county seat. It is a station on the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific R. R., has a bank, 2 grain elevators, a weekly newspaper (the Record), a money order postoffice, telegraph and express offices, telephone connections, several general stores, hardware and implement houses, a hotel, and in 1910 reported a population of 348. Extracted 2002 by Carolyn Ward from Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, volume II, page 290.

Settlement in this area began with Appleton which was laid out in March 1885; its population reached 250 that year. When the C. R. I. & P. railroad came through in early 1887 (first passenger train was February 16, 1887), it missed Appleton by a mile or so. A new town sprang up by the tracks and lots were offered free to occupants of Appleton. The Appleton bank moved to Minneola in the spring of 1887.

Sitka, a post-village of Clark county, is a station on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe R. R. 6 miles east of Ashland, the county seat. It has an express office and telephone connections, and is a trading and shipping point for the neighborhood in which it is situated. Extracted 2002 by Carolyn Ward from Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, volume II, page 698.