Weaver 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
Douglas County, Kansas, United States. It is located one mile northeast of
Eudora.
History
The area was once owned by a group of
Shawnee
The Shawnee ( ) are a Native American people of the Northeastern Woodlands. Their language, Shawnee, is an Algonquian language.
Their precontact homeland was likely centered in southern Ohio. In the 17th century, they dispersed through Ohi ...
Native Americans. By 1865 several investors took ownership of the area before Henry Weaver obtained a large portion of the land. Henry and his wife, Nancy (Hill) came to the area from Pennsylvania along with their seven children. John F. Weaver, Henry's youngest son went on to own several businesses in the Weaver area including a general store, rock crushing business and a potato bucket manufacturing company.
A post office called Weaver was established in 1891, and remained in operation until 1903. The Weaver community was located close to the southern bank of the
Kansas River
The Kansas River, also known as the Kaw, is a meandering river in northeastern Kansas in the United States. It is potentially the southwestern most part of the Missouri River drainage, which is sometimes in turn the northwesternmost portion of ...
. The area lies in a region called "Weaver Bottoms," which is in the Kansas River floodplain. Therefore, the community was the victim of frequent flooding. Floods in 1903 and 1908 significantly damaged the community. The
Great Flood of 1951 destroyed every remnant of the community, and forced all residents to leave the community permanently. No trace of Weaver exists as of 2021.
References
Further reading
External links
* Douglas County Maps
CurrentHistoric
KDOT
Unincorporated communities in Douglas County, Kansas
Unincorporated communities in Kansas
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