Croft, Kansas

History

Croft was a village with a post office of Springvale Township, Pratt County, Kansas. It was also a station on the Wichita & Englewood division of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe railroad about 20 miles southwest of Pratt, the county seat. It had telephone connections, local trade, did some shipping and in 1910, reported a population of 30.[2] A post office was opened in Croft in 1907, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1961.[3]

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References
  1. "Pratt County". Blue Skyways. Kansas State Library. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
  2. Blackmar, Frank (1912). Kansas Vol. 1 (First ed.). Chicago: Standard Publishing Company. p. 484.
  3. "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961". Kansas Historical Society. Archived from the original on October 9, 2013. Retrieved 22 June 2014.

Further reading
See also: List of books about Pratt County, Kansas



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