Hackney, Kansas Explained

Hackney, Kansas
Settlement Type:Unincorporated community
Image Map1:Map of Cowley Co, Ks, USA.png
Map Caption1:KDOT map of Cowley County (legend)
Pushpin Map:Kansas#USA
Pushpin Label:Hackney
Pushpin Label Position:left
Coordinates:37.1742°N -97.0311°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Kansas
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Cowley
Subdivision Type3:Township
Established Title:Founded
Established Title1:Platted
Unit Pref:Imperial
Elevation Ft:1099
Population Density Sq Mi:auto
Timezone:CST
Utc Offset:-6
Timezone Dst:CDT
Utc Offset Dst:-5
Postal Code Type:ZIP code
Area Code Type:Area code
Area Code:620
Blank Name:FIPS code
Blank1 Name:GNIS ID
Blank1 Info:470349

Hackney is an unincorporated community in Cowley County, Kansas, United States.

History

The town was named after William P. Hackney, a colorful frontier lawyer and politician from Cowley County. Hackney was a station and shipping point on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway.[1] The post office was established March 31, 1894, and discontinued February 15, 1924.[2]

An airport was built in the early 1940s and was used as a training airfield by the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. The airport is now called Strother Field and it is the home of Strother Field Industrial Park.

Education

The community is served by Winfield USD 465 public school district.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Embracing Events, Institutions, Industries, Counties, Cities, Towns, Prominent Persons, Etc. . Standard Publishing Company . Blackmar, Frank Wilson . 1912 . 800.
  2. Web site: Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961 (archived) . Kansas Historical Society . 6 June 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131009131700/http://www.kshs.org/geog/geog_postoffices/search/county:CL . October 9, 2013 .