Wadsworth was 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 Delaware Township,
Leavenworth County, Kansas
Leavenworth County (county code LV) is located in the U.S. state of Kansas and is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 81,881. Its county seat and most populous city is Leavenworth.
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, United States.
It is part of the
Kansas City metropolitan area.
History
In this area, on land granted by the city of Leavenworth, the
Western Branch
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,
National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers
The National Asylum for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers was established on March 3, 1865, in the United States by Congress to provide care for volunteer soldiers who had been disabled through loss of limb, wounds, disease, or injury during service in ...
(NHDVS), began construction in 1885. In 1886 a post office opened that was named "National Military Home" (as was the
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 and Topeka, Kansas, and ...
station). In 1932 the post office was renamed "Veterans Administration Home".
In 1936 the post office was renamed "Wadsworth".
(The railroad station was also renamed "Wadsworth".) Wadsworth was the surname of two unrelated NHDVS officials: Maj.
James Wolcott Wadsworth
James Wolcott Wadsworth (October 12, 1846 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – December 24, 1926 in Washington, D.C.) was an American farmer, soldier and statesman.
Early life
He was the son of Civil War General James Samuel Wadsworth (1 ...
Sr. (1846-1926), a former Congressman who served on the NHDVS Board of Managers 1906-26 (and was the board's President 1907–14), and Col. Charles W. Wadsworth (1865-1943), who was General Treasurer of NHDVS 1915–30, then (after NHDVS became part of the newly created VA) Director of the VA's Bureau of National Homes. In 1963 the Wadsworth Post Office was assigned Zip Code 66089.
In 1971, about the time that the area was annexed by the city of
Leavenworth, the post office lost the Wadsworth name and became the Veterans Administration Center station of the Leavenworth P.O. The hospital was renamed the Dwight D. Eisenhower VA Medical Center and the cemetery became
Leavenworth National Cemetery. A new domiciliary was built in 1995 west of the medical center, and the old domiciliaries were vacant until 2006, when they began being converted to veterans' apartments as the Eisenhower Ridge project.
References
Further reading
External links
* Leavenworth County maps
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Unincorporated communities in Leavenworth County, Kansas
Unincorporated communities in Kansas
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