Seguin 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
Sheridan County, Kansas
Sheridan County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. Its county seat is Hoxie. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 2,447. The county was named in honor of Philip Sheridan, a Union general during the Civil War.
His ...
, United States.
It is located in
Logan Township, approximately 10 miles west of
Hoxie Hoxie may refer to:
Places
;United States
* Hoxie, Arkansas, a city in Lawrence County
* Hoxie, Kansas, a city in Sheridan County
** the Hoxie meteorite landed near Hoxie, Kansas (see meteorite falls)
Ships
* SS ''Hoxie'', American cargo sh ...
. It lies south of
U.S. Route 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 which it is linked by
Kansas Highway 188.
History
A post office was opened in Seguin in 1889, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1943.
In 1910, the population was 11.
[Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History](_blank)
p. 665 (1912) The community was primarily settled by German Catholics.
[Schlageck John (4 January 2016)]
''Hays Daily News''[Schlageck, John (1 October 2011)]
''Emporia Gazette''[History of our Churches](_blank)
Hoxieseguinparishes.org, Retrieved 23 October 2017
The 99-mile
Plainville-
Colby branch of the
Union Pacific Railroad
The Union Pacific Railroad is a Railroad classes, Class I freight-hauling railroad that operates 8,300 locomotives over routes in 23 U.S. states west of Chicago and New Orleans. Union Pacific is the second largest railroad in the United Stat ...
which passed through Seguin and dated from the late 1880s, was abandoned in 1998.
[Surfact Transportation Board Decision, Docket No. AB-33, March 21, 1997](_blank)
STB.gov, Retrieved 23 October 2017[The Plainville Branch](_blank)
Abandonedrails.com, Retrieved 23 October 2017
Education
The community is served by
Hoxie USD 412 public school district.
References
Further reading
External links
Seguin - Official WebsiteAftermath of 1925 Tornado in Seguin Kansasmemory.org
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Unincorporated communities in Sheridan County, Kansas
Unincorporated communities in Kansas