Dalton 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 Avon 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

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and

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at the intersection of S Oliver Rd and E 15th St S, next to an abandoned railroad.

History

Dalton was a station on the

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 largest Class 1 railroads in the United States between 1859 and 1996. The Santa Fe was a pioneer in intermodal freight transport; at vario ...

that previously passed through the community, east to west, from

. A post office was opened in Dalton in 1885, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1939.

Education

The community is served by Oxford USD 358 public school district.

References

External links

Sumner County website
{{Authority control Unincorporated communities in Sumner County, Kansas Unincorporated communities in Kansas

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