
Ellinor is a
ghost town
A ghost town, deserted city, extinct town, or abandoned city is an abandoned settlement, usually one that contains substantial visible remaining buildings and infrastructure such as roads. A town often becomes a ghost town because the economi ...
in
Toledo Township,
Chase County, Kansas
Chase County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. Its county seat and most populous city is Cottonwood Falls. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 2,572. The county was named for Salmon Chase, a U.S. Senator from ...
, United States.
It was located southwest of
Saffordville, where the
BNSF Railway
BNSF Railway is the largest freight railroad in the United States. One of six North American Class I railroads, BNSF has 36,000 employees, of track in 28 states, and over 8,000 locomotives. It has three Transcontinental railroad, transcontine ...
splits.
History
Ellinor (or Elinor) had a post office from 1871 until 1881.
See also
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List of ghost towns in Kansas
References
Further reading
Unincorporated communities in Chase County, Kansas
Unincorporated communities in Kansas
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