Laton, Kansas
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Laton 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 Corning Township,
Rooks County, Kansas Rooks County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. Its county seat is Stockton, and its largest city is Plainville. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 4,919. The county was named for John Rooks, a private in Compa ...
, United States.


History

Eagle Creek was issued a post office in 1878. In 1884, the post office name was changed to Laton before being discontinued in 1904. In addition to the post office Laton had a school, store, cream station, garage, blacksmith shop, and telephone office. The population in 1910 was 30.Blackmar, Frank Wilson (1912). Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Volume 2, Chicago: Standard Publishing Company, p. 107 The Midland Trail (Red Line Highway) passed through Laton on its initial route in 1914. The creation of U.S Route 40N (
US-24 U.S. Route 24 or U.S. Highway 24 (US 24) is one of the original United States Numbered Highways of 1926 which runs east and west for most of its routing. It originally ran from Pontiac, Michigan, in the east to Kansas City, Misso ...
) to the north and K-18 highway to the south bypassed Laton. Laton School District R-5, Rooks County, Kansas was disorganized in 1962."TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN", The Natoma Luray Independent, 19 July 1962, p.5 There is now nothing left of Laton.


References

Former populated places in Rooks County, Kansas Former populated places in Kansas 1878 establishments in Kansas Populated places established in 1878 {{RooksCountyKS-geo-stub