Wednesday, April 16, 2014

Moonlight, Kansas.

Moonlight, Kansas 1912.

Moonlight, an inland hamlet in Dickinson county, is located 7 miles northeast of Abilene, the county seat, and 6 miles from Detroit, the nearest shipping point and the post office from which it receives mail. The population in 1910 was 25.

Moonlight Post office.

Post office opened on March 19, 1894 and run to October 14, 1905, first post master John M. Sheets..

People Who used Moonlight As Their Post Office Address As Of 1901.

J. E. Baumbaugh, came to Dickinson county in 1879, settled in section 17, of Hayes township, was a farmer, owned 120 acres.

John Goodwin, came to Dickinson county in 1870, settled in section 20, of Hayes township, was a farmer, owned 80 acres.

William Lantz, came to Dickinson county in 1881, settled in section 19, of Hates township, was a farmer, owned 160 acres.

I. N. Lowe, came to Dickinson county in 1878, settled in section 10, of Hayes township, was a farmer, owned 160 acres.

Rev. John M. Sheets, came to Dickinson county in 1879, settled in section 21 of Hayes township, was in General Merchandising and a farmer, owned 320 acres.

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