Calista is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...

Kingman County, Kansas Kingman County (standard abbreviation: KM) is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 7,470. The largest city and county seat is Kingman. History Early history For many millennia, the G ...

, United States. It was named from the Greek Callista, meaning "most beautiful".

History

Calista became a community in 1886 after the community of Maud (1881-1886) was moved there. This original community known as "Old Calista" lasted until 1896 when the community had to be moved to make way for the

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway , often referred to as the Santa Fe or AT&SF, was one of the larger railroads in the United States. The railroad was chartered in February 1859 to serve the cities of Atchison, Kansas, Atchison and Top ...

. "New" Calista was founded about two miles west-southwest of "Old" Calista and was a town until 1955. Now Calista only has a few buildings remaining and a small grain elevator open for about two weeks a year during the wheat harvest.

Geography

Calista is located in southern Kansas about nine miles west of the city of Kingman and is near the south bank of the

Ninnescah River The Ninnescah River is a river in the central Great Plains of North America. Its entire length lies within the U.S. state of Kansas. It is a tributary of the Arkansas River.U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flow ...

Education

The community is served by

Kingman–Norwich USD 331 Kingman–Norwich USD 331 is a public unified school district headquartered in Kingman, Kansas, United States. The district includes the communities of Kingman, Norwich, Anness, Calista, Cleveland, Milton, Murdock, Rago, Spivey, Suppesvi ...

public school district.

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* Kingman County maps
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