Belvoir 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
Douglas County,
Kansas
Kansas ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Nebraska to the north; Missouri to the east; Oklahoma to the south; and Colorado to the west. Kansas is named a ...
, United States.
History
The first settlement at Belvoir was made in the 1850s. A post office was established at Belvoir in 1869, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1903. The community was named after
Belvoir, the plantation home of William Fairfax in Virginia.
References
Further reading
Ghost towns in Kansas
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