Oil Hill, Kansas

Oil Hill, Kansas is a ghost town in Butler County, Kansas, United States.

History

The community was formed during the oil boom in Butler County.[1] A post office was established in Oil Hill in 1917, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1958.[2] The community no longer exists and is considered a ghost town.[3]

Education

The modern day area around Oil Hill is served by the El Dorado USD 490 public school district. Oil Hill Elementary School is named to commemorate the history of the former community.[4]


Notable people
  • Larry Hartshorn (1933–2007), professional football player for the Chicago Cardinals.
gollark: > yes i would love elon musk to be able to read my thoughts<@293066066605768714> * Elon Musk, the NSA, Facebook, the Chinese government, probably some random programmers working on it, some person in a basement who hackerized it, and anyone standing behind you with some sensor equipment.
gollark: > you mean like neuralink or something?Cool™ SciFi people have been considering brain implant stuff way before elon did elon things.
gollark: Yes, it will be very popular retrospectively at least.
gollark: Idea: make your preferred resource allocation scheme practical via mandatory neural implants to enforce conformity and compliance.
gollark: We will skip ALL humorous version numbers.

References
  1. "Butler County". Kansas Historical Society. Retrieved February 3, 2012.
  2. "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961, page 2". Kansas Historical Society. Archived from the original on October 9, 2013. Retrieved August 2, 204. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  3. Fitzgerald, Daniel. Ghost Towns of Kansas: A Traveler's Guide. Lawrence: U of Kansas P, 1988.
  4. "Oil Hill Elementary School". Unified School District #490.

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

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.