Zook 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
Pawnee County, Kansas
Pawnee County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. Its county seat and largest city is Larned. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 6,253. The county is named after the Pawnee tribe.
Agriculture remains a corner ...
, United States.
It is located approximately eight miles south of
Larned, east of the intersection of
K-19 highway and East Road.
History
The community was started by the
Mennonite
Mennonites are a group of Anabaptism, Anabaptist Christianity, Christian communities tracing their roots to the epoch of the Radical Reformation. The name ''Mennonites'' is derived from the cleric Menno Simons (1496–1561) of Friesland, part of ...
John Zook, who came to
Larned, Kansas
Larned is a city in and the county seat of Pawnee County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 3,769.
History
Larned was laid out in 1873. The first post office was established at Larned in 1872.
The ...
, in the 1880s and then moved his family to the location that would become Zook, a mile east of what is now Highway 19 in southeastern Pawnee County.
The community grew in population when the Anthony and Northern Railroad came through the area.
The region's first consolidated school was built in 1922,
and by 1940 the town had "a school, church, grain elevator and filling station."
The school closed for good in 1962.
Notable people
*
John Zook
John Eldon Zook (September 24, 1947 – June 6, 2020) was an American professional football player who was a defensive end for 12 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played for the St. Louis Cardinals and the Atlanta Falcons. Zook ...
- NFL defensive end for eleven seasons and once named All-Pro; attended school in Zook.
References
Further reading
External links
* Pawnee County maps
CurrentHistoric
, KDOT
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Unincorporated communities in Pawnee County, Kansas
Unincorporated communities in Kansas