Lucerne, Kansas Explained

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.

History

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]

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Notes and References

  1. Bickel, Amy (October 2010). Chicago mirrored what killed towns, The Hutchinson News
  2. https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=DEC_10_SF1_P16I&prodType=table Adell Township, 2010 census information
  3. https://books.google.com/books?id=Qi9cXyTWt9EC&pg=PA193 Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History