Harbine 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 Republic County, Kansas, United States. It is located south of

Byron, Nebraska Byron is a village in Thayer County, Nebraska, United States, and its south edge is the Nebraska-Kansas state border. The population was 85 at the 2020 census. History The community was originally founded as Harbine straddling the Nebraska-Ka ...

on the south side of the Nebraska state line.

History

The community was originally founded as Harbine straddling the

Nebraska Nebraska () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by South Dakota to the north; Iowa to the east and Missouri to the southeast, both across the Missouri River; Kansas to the south; Colorado to the southwe ...

Kansas Kansas () is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its capital is Topeka, and its largest city is Wichita. Kansas is a landlocked state bordered by Nebraska to the north; Missouri to the east; Oklahoma to the south; and Colorado to the ...

state border, and under the latter name was

plat In the United States, a plat ( or ) (plan) is a cadastral map, drawn to scale, showing the divisions of a piece of land. United States General Land Office surveyors drafted township plats of Public Lands Surveys to show the distance and bear ...

ted in 1877 when it was certain that the ''B&M Railroad'' would be extended to that point. When it was discovered in 1889 another post office in Nebraska was named Harbine, the community was renamed to Byron in order to avoid repetition. The post office in Harbine closed in 1883. Currently, the south side of the state border is named Harbine, Kansas and the north side is named

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Education

The community is served by

Republic County USD 109 Republic County USD 109 is a public unified school district headquartered in Belleville, Kansas, United States. The district includes the communities of Belleville, Agenda, Cuba, Munden, Narka, Republic, Harbine, Talmo, Wayne, and nearby r ...

public school district.

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* Republic County maps
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