Coronado 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 ...
in
Wichita County, Kansas
Wichita County (standard abbreviation: WH) is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 2,152. Its county seat is Leoti.
History
Early history
For many millennia, the Great Plains of Nor ...
, United States.
It is located a couple of miles east of Leoti.
History
Platted in 1885, Coronado was involved in one of the bloodiest
county seat fight in the history of the
American West
The Western United States (also called the American West, the Far West, and the West) is the region comprising the westernmost states of the United States. As American settlement in the U.S. expanded westward, the meaning of the term ''the Wes ...
. The shoot-out on February 27, 1887, with boosters—some would say hired gunmen—from nearby
Leoti left several people dead and wounded. Afterwards numerous famous lawmen from
Dodge City, which included Wyatt Earp and Bat Masterson, gathered to calm the storm that ensued after the bloody fight. A small town called
Farmer City, which was located between Coronado and Leoti, was hoped by some to become the county seat—which would end the fighting. Leoti later won the right to become the county seat and now the other two towns consist mainly of farmland.
Coronado had a post office from 1886 until 1899.
References
Further reading
External links
War in Wichita County(see bottom of page)
* Wichita County maps
CurrentHistoric
KDOT
American frontier
Former populated places in Wichita County, Kansas
Former populated places in Kansas
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