Petrolia 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
Logan Township,
Allen County, Kansas
Allen County is a county located in the southeast portion of the U.S. state of Kansas. Its county seat and most populous city is Iola. As of the 2020 census, the population was 12,526. The county was named for William Allen, a U.S. Senato ...
, United States.
It is situated along the
Neosho River
The Neosho River is a tributary of the Arkansas River in eastern Kansas and northeastern Oklahoma in the United States. Its tributaries also drain portions of Missouri and Arkansas. The river is about long.U.S. Geological Survey. National ...
.
History
In 1910, Petrolia had a money order postoffice, an express office, and was a trading point for the neighborhood. The population that year was 200.
Petrolia had a post office from July 1905 until September 1953.
Geography
Petrolia is located in Sections 31–32, Township 26 south, Range 18 east. Less than a mile from the southern border of
Allen County, it is situated west of the
Neosho River
The Neosho River is a tributary of the Arkansas River in eastern Kansas and northeastern Oklahoma in the United States. Its tributaries also drain portions of Missouri and Arkansas. The river is about long.U.S. Geological Survey. National ...
and to the south of Scatter Creek. Contained entirely within Logan Township, it is about 5 miles south-southwest of
Humboldt and 13 miles from
Iola (the
county seat
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).
U.S. Route 169
U.S. Route 169 (US 169) is a north-south U.S highway that currently runs for 966 miles (1,555 km) from the city of Virginia, Minnesota, to Tulsa, Oklahoma, at Memorial Drive.
Route description
Oklahoma
US 169 is a major north–sou ...
crosses the Neosho River a mile to the south of Petrolia.
Education
The community is served by
Chanute USD 413 public school district.
See also
*
Great Flood of 1951
In mid-July 1951, heavy rains led to a great rise of water in the Kansas River, Missouri River, and other surrounding areas of the Central United States. Flooding occurred in the Kansas, Neosho, Marais Des Cygnes, and Verdigris river basins. ...
References
Further reading
External links
* Allen County maps
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Unincorporated communities in Kansas
Unincorporated communities in Allen County, Kansas
1905 establishments in Kansas