Wingate 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
Butler County, Kansas
Butler County is a county in the U.S. state of Kansas and is the largest county in the state by total area. Its county seat is El Dorado and its most populous city is Andover. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 67,380. The ...
, United States.
No buildings remain at this former community site.
History
Wingate had a short-lived post office in the 1880s.
Education
The modern day rural area around Wingate is served by the
Bluestem USD 205 public school district.
See also
*
List of ghost towns in Kansas
This is an incomplete list of ghost towns in the state of Kansas.
Causes
Many reasons exist as to why a community becomes abandoned (or nearly so).
*Transportation: With the development of major highways and interstates, people were willing ...
References
Further reading
Unincorporated communities in Butler County, Kansas
Unincorporated communities in Kansas
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