Midway, Kansas

Midway is an unincorporated community in Crawford County, Kansas, in the United States.^[1]

History

Midway had its start as a mining town, and was once a major railway shipping point of coal.^[2]

A post office was opened in Midway in February, 1871, but it closed in March, 1878. It re-opened in August, 1886, at which time it was renamed Nyack. In May, 1887, the old name Midway was restored. The post office closed permanently in 1912.^[3]^[4]

References

↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Midway, Kansas
↑ A Twentieth Century History and Biographical Record of Crawford County, Kansas. The Lewis Publishing Company. 1905. pp. 50–51.
↑ "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961 (archived)". Kansas Historical Society. Archived from the original on October 9, 2013. Retrieved 6 June 2014. CS1 maint: Unfit url (link)
↑ "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961, page 2 (archived)". Kansas Historical Society. Archived from the original on October 9, 2013. Retrieved 6 June 2014. CS1 maint: Unfit url (link)

Municipalities and communities of Crawford County, Kansas, United States

County seat: Girard

Cities	Arcadia Arma Cherokee Frontenac Girard Hepler McCune Mulberry Pittsburg Walnut

Townships	Baker Crawford Grant Lincoln Osage Sheridan Sherman Walnut Washington

CDPs	Chicopee Franklin

Unincorporated communities	Beulah Brazilton Capaldo Cato Coalvale Croweburg Curranville Dry Wood Dunkirk Englevale Farlington Fleming Fuller Greenbush Gross Kirkwood Klendike Kniveton‡ Litchfield Lone Oak Midway Monmouth Opolis Radley Red Onion Ringo South Radley Yale

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Coordinates: 37°26′57″N 94°37′52″W / 37.44922°N 94.63107°W / 37.44922; -94.63107

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