Potter 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
Mount Pleasant Township,
Atchison County, Kansas
Atchison County is a county located in the northeastern portion of the U.S. state of Kansas. Its county seat and most populous city is Atchison. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 16,348. The county was named in honor of Dav ...
, United States. It is located at the intersection of 210th Rd (formerly
K-74 highway) and Rawlins Rd, approximately south of
Atchison.
History
Potter had its start in the year 1886 by the building of the railroad through that territory. It was named for Joseph Potter, a pioneer settler.
Potter had a
post office
A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, such as accepting letter (message), letters and parcel (package), parcels, providing post office boxes, and selling postage stamps, packaging, and stationery. Post o ...
with
ZIP code 66077, which opened on May 14, 1865, and closed on May 16, 2009.
References
Further reading
External links
* Atchison County maps
CurrentHistoric
KDOT
Unincorporated communities in Atchison County, Kansas
Unincorporated communities in Kansas
1886 establishments in Kansas
Populated places established in 1886
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