Marion County.
Durham Park Township,Map, 1885.
On the county map Durm ( Drum Park ), can be found in Township 18-south and Range 2-east. On the Township map Durhan ( Durham Park ), can be found in section 7. In 1887, Durham Park moved about0nr and half miles South-East ( section 17 ) to be on the R. R., and changed its name to Durham. To see the new site of 1902 take this link. http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/209391/page/19
Durham ( Durham Park ), Post Office.
Durham Park post office open June 22, 1874 and ran to September 19, 1887. First Postmaster was Lewis A. Reed, moved to Durham. Durham post office open September 19, 1887 and ran to ? Frist Postmaster was J. A. Stevenson. Postmaster of 1883, was William Hallowell.
Business men who used Durham as their P. O. address as of 1902.
Tobias H. Dirks, Farmer and Stock Raiser, came to county 1865.
B. J. Jantz, Farmer and Stock Raiser, came to county 1884.
Conrad Heinrich, Farmer and Stock Raiser, came to county 1883.
Perte P. Jantz, Farmer and Stock Raiser, came to county 1882.
T. T. Koehn, Farmer and Stock Raiser, came to county 1883.
G. Meschke & Co., General Merchandise, came to county 1893.
F. C. Spahn, Farmer and Stock Raiser, came to county 1888.
Durham Kansas, 1912.
Durham, an incorporated city of Marion county, is located in Durham Park township, on the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific R. R. and the Cottonwood river, 15 miles nortlnvest of Marion, the county seat. It is in the midst of some of the richest cattle lands in the state. The farmers in the vicinity are mostly German and make a specialty of thoroughbred stock. All the main lines of business are represented, including a bank, lumber yard, hotel and elevator. Grain and live stock are shipped in considerable quantities. The town is supplied with express and telegraph offices and has a money order postoffice with one rural route. It was incorporated in 1906. The population, according to the census of 1910, was 268.
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