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Pearl, Kansas

Unincorporated community in Dickinson County, Kansas

Pearl is an unincorporated community in Dickinson County, Kansas, United States.^[1]

History

Pearl had a post office from 1883 until 1935.^[2]

The Rock Island served the area for many years until the company was granted bankruptcy in 1980. The track was then used by the Missouri-Kansas-Texas (the Katy) railroad, which operated the line as the Oklahoma-Kansas-and Texas (OKT) until the Katy's assets were absorbed by the Union Pacific Railroad in 1988. While part of the line was scrapped, the remaining track from Abilene to Woodbine was purchased by the Abilene and Smoky Valley Railroad in 1993.

All that remains in Pearl today are the railroad tracks, the CO-OP grain elevator, and the ruins of a solitary stone house.^{[citation needed]}

Education

The community is served by Chapman USD 473 public school district.

Notable people

Sam R. Heller, former president of Eisenhower Foundation which helped build the Eisenhower Library & Museum in Abilene.

References

^ "Pearl, Kansas", Geographic Names Information System, United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior
^ "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961 (archived)". Kansas Historical Society. Archived from the original on September 9, 2013. Retrieved June 8, 2014.

External links

Dickinson County maps: Current, Historic, KDOT

Municipalities and communities of Dickinson County, Kansas, United States

County seat: Abilene

Cities

Abilene
Carlton
Chapman
Enterprise
Herington‡
Hope
Manchester
Solomon‡
Woodbine

Unincorporated
communities

Townships

Footnotes

†This community is designated a Census-Designated Place (CDP) by the United States Census Bureau.
‡This community also has portions in an adjacent county or counties.