Sunday, February 10, 2013

Flint Ridge & Lapland Kansas.

Flintridge or Flint Ridge Kansas.
 
Greenwood County.
Salem Township Map, 1903. 
 
On the county map Flint Ridge can be found in Township 24-south and Range 8-east.  On the Township map Flint Ridge can be found in section 10.
 
Flint Ridge Post Office.
 
Flint Ridge post office open August 24, 1874 and ran to December 31, 1921.  First post master was Albert A. Grasselli, name changed to Eureka in 1921.
 
Civil War Veteran, 1883.
 
Michael D. Burk, Gun Shot to Right Shoulder, Pension $4.
 
Citizens of Flint Ridge, 1878.
 
A. S. Mann, Farmer and Stock Raiser, from New York.
Frederick H. Mann, Farmer and Stock Raiser, from New York.
 
Flint Ridge or Flintridge, Kansas, 1912.
 
Flintridge, a country postoffice in Greenwood county, is located in Salem township 20 miles northwest of Eureka, the county seat and nearest railroad station and shipping point. It receives mail tri-weekly.  The population according to the 1910 census was 14.
 
Lapland Kansas.

Greenwood County
Salem Township map, 1903.
 
On the county map Lapland can be found in Township 24-south and Range 9-east.  On the township map Lapland can be found in section11.
 
Lapland Post Office.
 
Lapland post office open August 1, 1871 and ran to July 31, 1906.  First post master was Ole H. Hover.
 
Patron's of Salem who used Lapland as their P. O. address as of 1903.

M. C. Bane, Farmer and Stock Raiser, Section 11.
E. Marshall, Farmer and Stock Raiser, Section 2.
 
Civil War Veteran Pensioner, 1883.
 
George W. K. Bailey, Wound to right leg, pension $25.
 
Citizens of Lapland 1878.
 
G. W. K. Bailey, Farmer and Breeder, from Illinois.
William A. Spain, Farmer and Stock Raiser, from Ohio.
W. H. Wiggins, Farmer and Breeder, from Ohio.
 
Lapland Kansas, 1912.
 
Lapland, a discontinued postoffice in Greenwood county, is located in Salem township 16 miles northwest of Eureka, the county seat and the nearest banking and shipping point. The mail for this point is sent to Flintridge. The population, according to the report of 1910, is 20.

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