Places - Seward KSGenWeb

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Populated Places

Arkalon, an international money order postoffice of Seward county, is situated in Fargo township at the point where the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific R. R. crosses the Cimarron river, 13 miles northeast of Liberal, the county seat. Although the population is small, Arkalon is an important shipping point, especially for grain and live stock. Extracted 2002 by Carolyn Ward from Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, volume I, page 99.

The remains of Arkalon (R-K-len) can be seen from the cemetery. All that is left standing is an old school house and a blacksmith shed. This abandon town is about 2 miles from the cemetery and is gated off to trespassers. Submitted 2002 by Laura Youtsey-Ball.

Fargo, a rural money order postoffice of Seward county, is about 23 miles north of Liberal, the county seat, and 15 miles from Arkalon, the most convenient railroad station. It is near the line of the proposed Garden City, Gulf & Northern railroad. Extracted 2002 by Carolyn Ward from Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, volume I, page 621.

Hayne, a post-village of Seward county, is a station on the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific R. R. miles northeast of Liberal, the county seat. It has a retail trade and does some shipping. Extracted 2002 by Carolyn Ward from Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, volume I, page 832.

Kismet, a village in Seward county, is located on the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific R. R. 21 miles northeast of Liberal, the county seat. It has a general store and a money order postoffice with one rural route. The population in 1910 was 100. Extracted 2002 by Carolyn Ward from Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, volume II, page 78.

Liberal, the judicial seat of Seward county, is located about 4 miles from Oklahoma, on the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific R. R. It has 2 banks with a combined capitalization of $50,000 and deposits of nearly $350,000, a weekly newspaper (the Independent), a large number of substantial business houses, telegraph and express offices and an international money order postoffice with four rural routes. The population in 1910 was 1,716. The town was founded in 1888. In 1900 the population was 426. Its growth in the last ten years has been the normal result of the increasing prosperity of that section of the state, and not the result of a temporary boom. It is an important shipping point for grain, live-stock and produce. It is the greatest broom-corn market in the United States. Over 800 cars of the product is shipped annually, most of it in the month of August. Extracted 2002 by Carolyn Ward from Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, volume II, page 152.

Springfield, a rural postoffice of Seward county, is situated about 5 miles northwest of the center of the county and 3 miles from the Cimarron river. It is 16 miles from Liberal, the county seat, and 10 miles from Arkalon, the nearest shipping point. Extracted 2002 by Carolyn Ward from Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, volume II, page 729.