Milo is a

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Lincoln County, Kansas Lincoln County (standard abbreviation: LC) is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 2,939. The largest city and county seat is Lincoln Center. History For many millennia, the Great Pl ...

, United States. It was located along a former railroad about halfway between the communities of

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Milo was issued a post office in 1872. The post office was discontinued in 1938. The 1912 cyclopedia of Kansas describes Milo as a "country trading point" on

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 ...

, with "2 stores, an express office, and a money order postoffice with one rural route." It reported the 1910 population to be 50 people.Kansas, A Cyclopedia ..., Vol. II
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in the west, a 43 mile line, with a stop at Milo. The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway the line in 1901. An application was filed in 1983 to abandon this "

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Abandoned Rails, Retrieved 21 February 2022

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* Lincoln County maps
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