Keokuk 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
Linn County, Kansas
Linn County is a county in the U.S. state of Kansas, located along the eastern edge of Kansas, and is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area. Its county seat is Mound City, and its most populous city is Pleasanton. As of the 2020 cens ...
, United States. It was established in the 1850s, in
Kansas Territory
The Territory of Kansas was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from May 30, 1854, until January 29, 1861, when the eastern portion of the territory was admitted to the United States, Union as the Slave and ...
, and disappeared from maps by the 1870s. It was northwest of the original location of
Centerville and was located twelve miles northwest of Sugar Mound.
History
Keokuk served as the voting place for the Big Sugar precinct in the
March 30, 1855, election for the Territorial legislature. Seventeen votes were for the
Free-State candidates and there were seventy-four votes for the pro-
slavery
Slavery is the ownership of a person as property, especially in regards to their labour. Slavery typically involves compulsory work, with the slave's location of work and residence dictated by the party that holds them in bondage. Enslavemen ...
candidates. Of these votes, thirty-two were found to be legal and fifty-nine were found to be illegal.
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Geography of Linn County, Kansas
Ghost towns in Kansas