Ashton, Kansas

Unincorporated community in Sumner County, Kansas

Ashton is an unincorporated community in Walton Township, Sumner County, Kansas, United States.^[1] It is located about halfway between South Haven and Arkansas City at 1.75 miles north of the intersection of S Rock Rd and U.S. Route 166, which is 5.5 miles east of I-35 (Kansas Turnpike), next to an abandoned railroad.

History

Ashton was a station on the Kansas Southwestern Railway that previously passed through the community, east to west, from Geuda Springs to South Haven.^[2]

A post office was opened in Ashton in 1887, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1971.^[3]

Education

The community is served by South Haven USD 509 public school district.

References

^ "Ashton, Kansas", Geographic Names Information System, United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior
^ Blackmar, Frank Wilson (1912). Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Embracing Events, Institutions, Industries, Counties, Cities, Towns, Prominent Persons, Etc. Standard Publishing Company. pp. 108.
^ "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961". Kansas Historical Society. Archived from the original on October 9, 2013. Retrieved June 27, 2014.