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