Black Wolf 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
Ellsworth County, Kansas
Ellsworth County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. Its county seat and most populous city is Ellsworth. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 6,376. The county was named after Fort Ellsworth.
History
Early his ...
, United States.
It is approximately west of
Ellsworth.
History
A post office was opened in Black Wolf in 1879, closed temporarily in 1908, reopened a few months later and remained in operation until it was closed in 1953. According to tradition, "Black Wolf" was the name of a local Indian. Black Wolf was a station on the
Union Pacific Railroad
The Union Pacific Railroad is a Railroad classes, Class I freight-hauling railroad that operates 8,300 locomotives over routes in 23 U.S. states west of Chicago and New Orleans. Union Pacific is the second largest railroad in the United Stat ...
.
Education
The community is served by
Ellsworth USD 327 public school district.
References
Further reading
External links
Black Wolf, an Ellsworth County Ghost Town* Ellsworth County maps
CurrentHistoric
KDOT
Unincorporated communities in Ellsworth County, Kansas
Unincorporated communities in Kansas
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