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Forney, Kansas

Coordinates: 39°24′56″N 98°37′12″W / 39.41556°N 98.62000°W / 39.41556; -98.62000
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Forney, Kansas
Forney is located in Kansas
Forney
Forney
Forney is located in the United States
Forney
Forney
Coordinates: 39°24′56″N 98°37′12″W / 39.41556°N 98.62000°W / 39.41556; -98.62000
CountryUnited States
StateKansas
CountyOsborne
Elevation
1,522 ft (464 m)
Population
 • Total0
Time zoneUTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code785
GNIS ID484593 [1]

Forney is a ghost town in Osborne County, Kansas, United States.[1]

History

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Forney was a private tin & wood grain elevator erected in 1901 by Aaron H. Forney on his farm in southeastern Penn Township, along the railroad passing through his property. It was taken down in the 1980s. Because there was an elevator, people assumed for many years that there was a former town at the site, but this is incorrect. The closest thing to a settlement or community in the region was a mile north of the Forney elevator, where in the early 1870s Alfred N. Fritchey tried to establish the townsite of Fritchey City, but failed in the attempt.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Forney, Kansas", Geographic Names Information System, United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior

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