Gretna, Kansas

Gretna is an unincorporated community in Phillips County, Kansas, United States.[1]

Gretna, Kansas
Unincorporated community
KDOT map of Phillips County (legend)
Gretna
Location within the state of Kansas
Gretna
Gretna (the United States)
Coordinates: 39°45′55″N 99°12′46″W
CountryUnited States
StateKansas
CountyPhillips
Time zoneUTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code785

History

Gretna was a station on the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad.[2]

The post office in Gretna was discontinued in 1945.[3]

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References
  1. "Phillips County". Blue Skyways. Kansas State Library. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
  2. Blackmar, Frank Wilson (1912). Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Embracing Events, Institutions, Industries, Counties, Cities, Towns, Prominent Persons, Etc. Standard Publishing Company. pp. 796.
  3. "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961". Kansas Historical Society. Archived from the original on 9 October 2013. Retrieved 22 June 2014.

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



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