Places - Hodgeman KSGenWeb

1895 Rand McNally Atlas
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2008 Kansas Dept. of Transportation

Populated Places

Hallet, a post-hamlet of Hodgeman county, is situated in the township of the same name, in the Buckner creek valley about lo miles southwest of Jetmore, the county seat and nearest railroad station. Extracted 2002 by Carolyn Ward from Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, volume I, page 802.

Hanston, one of the principal towns of Hodgeman county, is a station on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe R. R. 11 miles northeast of Jetmore, the county seat. The railroad name is Olney. It has a bank, several general stores, an international money order postoffice, telegraph and express offices, Catholic and Methodist churches, good public schools, and ships large quantities of grain and live stock. The population in 1910 was 350. Extracted 2002 by Carolyn Ward from Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, volume I, page 807.

Hodgeman, a village of Marena township, Hodgeman county, is located on the Pawnee river, near the northeast corner of the county, about 18 miles from Jetmore, the county seat. It has a monej' order postoffice and is a trading center for the neighborhood. The population in 1910 was 52. Burdett is the nearest railroad station. Extracted 2002 by Carolyn Ward from Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, volume I, page 859.

Jetmore, the county seat of Hodgeman county, is located very near the geographical center of the county on Buckner creek, a tributary of the Pawnee river. It was settled in the spring of 1879 and was at first called Buckner. After the organization of Hodgeman county (q. v.) the people voted at the general election of Nov. 4, 1879, for the location of a permanent county seat, and the choice fell on Buckner. Three days after that election T. S. Haun issued the first number of the Buckner Independent. The exact date when the name was changed to Jetmore cannot be ascertained, but the issue of the Independent for June 24, 1880, was dated at Jetmore, which would indicate that the change was made in the spring of that year. Jetmore is the western terminus of a division of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe R. R., which connects with the main line at Larned. It has a bank, 2 weekly newspapers (the Western Herald and the Republican), a number of business concerns, Congregational, Methodist and Presbyterian churches, telephone, telegraph and express facilities, a graded public school, and an international money order postoffice. The population in 1910 was 317. Extracted 2002 by Carolyn Ward from Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, volume II, page 28.

Kidderville, a country postoffice in Hodgeman county, is located in North Roscoe township, 17 miles northwest of Jetmore, the county seat. It has mail tri-weekly. The population in 1910 was 38. There are a number of cattle breeders in the vicinity. Extracted 2002 by Carolyn Ward from Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, volume II, page 71.