South Mound, Kansas
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South Mound is a
census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...
(CDP) in
Neosho County, Kansas Neosho County is a county located in Southeast Kansas. Its county seat is Erie. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 15,904. The county was named for the Neosho River, which passes through the county. History Early history Fo ...
, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 27.


History

South Mound was located on the
Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad The Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad was a Class I railroad company in the United States, with its last headquarters in Dallas, Texas. Established in 1865 under the name Union Pacific Railroad (UP), Southern Branch, it came to serve an exten ...
. The railroad tracks were removed in 1989 following the M-K-T's merger with
Missouri Pacific The Missouri Pacific Railroad , commonly abbreviated as MoPac, was one of the first railroads in the United States west of the Mississippi River. MoPac was a Class I railroad growing from dozens of predecessors and mergers. In 1967, the railroad ...
. A post office was opened in South Mound in 1872, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1971.


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* Neosho County maps
CurrentHistoric
KDOT Census-designated places in Neosho County, Kansas {{NeoshoCountyKS-geo-stub