Gretna 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
Phillips County, Kansas
Phillips County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. Its county seat and largest city is Phillipsburg. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 4,981. The county was named after William Phillips, a free-state abolition ...
, United States.
History
Gretna was a station on the
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
The original Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad (CRI&P RW, sometimes called ''Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway'') was an American Class I railroad. It was also known as the Rock Island Line, or, in its final years, The Rock.
At ...
.
The post office in Gretna was discontinued in 1945.
References
Further reading
External links
Phillips County Kansas* Phillips County maps
CurrentHistoric
KDOT
Unincorporated communities in Phillips County, Kansas
Unincorporated communities in Kansas
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