Sugarloaf is a ghost town in Sugar Loaf Township, Rooks County, Kansas, United States.[1]

Sugarloaf, Kansas
Sugarloaf is located in Kansas
Sugarloaf
Sugarloaf
Location within the state of Kansas
Sugarloaf is located in the United States
Sugarloaf
Sugarloaf
Sugarloaf (the United States)
Coordinates: 39°32′10″N 99°23′47″W / 39.53611°N 99.39639°W / 39.53611; -99.39639
CountryUnited States
StateKansas
CountyRooks
Elevation
2,077 ft (633 m)
Population
 • Total
0
Time zoneUTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code785
GNIS ID482523 [1]

History

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Sugar Loaf (aka Sugarloaf) was issued a post office in 1878. The post office was renamed Sugarloaf in 1895. The Sugarloaf post office was discontinued in 1904.[2] The population in 1910 was 15.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Sugarloaf, Kansas", Geographic Names Information System, United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior
  2. ^ "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961". Kansas Historical Society. Retrieved 2017-12-30.
  3. ^ Blackmar, Frank Wilson (1912). Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Volume 2, Chicago: Standard Publishing Company, p. 785