Coalvale, Kansas

History

A post office was opened in Coalvale in 1880, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1907.[2] The Lewis Coal Company operated a coal mine at Coalvale in the 19th century.[3]

gollark: Also it's a fun game.
gollark: Oh, I just agree with its political/economic/personal freedoms thing.
gollark: planned economy bad.
gollark: (which does mean that the current high inequality is somewhat problematic, but I'm not sure what the fix for that is unless you *can* somehow split economic/political power a lot)
gollark: (unless you can somehow strongly decouple them? it would be interesting if that could be done somehow)

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Coalvale, Kansas
  2. "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961". Kansas Historical Society. Archived from the original on 9 October 2013. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
  3. Kansas. Office of the State Inspector of Coal Mines (1899). Annual Report of the Inspector of Coal Mines, State of Kansas. The Office. p. 22.



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