Ashton is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
in Walton Township,
Sumner County, Kansas
Sumner County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. Its county seat is Wellington. As of the 2020 census, the population was 22,382. The county is named after Charles Sumner, a U.S. Senator from Massachusetts who was a leader of ...
, United States.
It is located about halfway between
South Haven and
Arkansas City at 1.75 miles north of the intersection of S Rock Rd and
U.S. Route 166, which is 5.5 miles east of
I-35
Interstate 35 (I-35) is a major Interstate Highway in the central United States. As with most primary Interstates that end in a five, it is a major cross-country, north–south route. It stretches from Laredo, Texas, near the Mexico–Uni ...
(
Kansas Turnpike
The Kansas Turnpike is a controlled-access toll road that lies entirely within the US state of Kansas. It runs in a general southwest–northeast direction from the Oklahoma border to Kansas City. It passes through several major Kansas citie ...
), next to an abandoned railroad.
History
Ashton was a station on the
Kansas Southwestern Railway
The Kansas Southwestern Railway was a railroad in the U.S. state of Kansas. It was merged into a sister railroad company, the Central Kansas Railway, in 2000. The Central Kansas Railway was later sold to Watco Companies and became the Kansas ...
that previously passed through the community, east to west, from
Geuda Springs to
South Haven.
A post office was opened in Ashton in 1887, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1971.
Education
The community is served by
South Haven USD 509
South Haven USD 509 is a public unified school district headquartered in South Haven, Kansas, United States. The district includes the communities of South Haven, Hunnewell, Ashton, Portland
Portland most commonly refers to:
*Portland, Oreg ...
public school district.
References
Further reading
External links
Sumner County website
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Unincorporated communities in Sumner County, Kansas
Unincorporated communities in Kansas