Pearl, Kansas Explained

Pearl is an unincorporated community in Dickinson County, Kansas, United States.

History

Pearl had a post office from 1883 until 1935.^[1]

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.

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.

External links

• Dickinson County maps: Current, Historic, KDOT

38.8517°N -97.0442°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961 (archived) . Kansas Historical Society . 8 June 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130909023757/http://www.kshs.org/geog/geog_postoffices/search/county:DK . September 9, 2013 .