Lucerne, Kansas | |
Settlement Type: | Ghost town |
Image Map1: | Map of Sheridan Co, Ks, USA.png |
Map Caption1: | KDOT map of Sheridan County (legend) |
Pushpin Map: | Kansas#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Lucerne |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Coordinates: | 39.4967°N -100.2003°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Kansas |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Sheridan |
Subdivision Type3: | Township |
Subdivision Name3: | Adell |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Title1: | Platted |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Elevation Ft: | 2648 |
Population Total: | 0 |
Timezone: | CST |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Area Code Type: | Area code |
Area Code: | 785 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS ID |
Blank1 Info: | 484550 |
Lucerne is a ghost town in Adell Township, Sheridan County, Kansas, United States. It is approximately 18 miles northeast of the county seat of Hoxie.
The town had a post office from 1880 until 1943. As of 2010, the remains of the town included a cemetery, stone foundation, and a partial wooden sign that used to announce the town's name.[1] As of the 2010 census, the entirety of Adell Township had a population of only 12.[2]
According to a 1912 reference work on Kansas, the town at that time held a population of 50, a general store, a hotel, a money order post office, and a daily stagecoach to the town of Jennings.[3]