Bois d'Arc, Kansas - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Bois d'Arc is an unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality.To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city, town, or village with its own government. An unincorporated community is usually not subject to or taxed by a municipal government...

in Butler County

Butler County, Kansas

Butler County is a county located in South Central Kansas, in the Central United States. As of the 2010 census, the county population was 65,880. Its county seat and most populous city is El Dorado. The county is a part of the Wichita Metropolitan Statistical Area.-19th century:It was named in...

, Kansas

Kansas

Kansas is a US state located in the Midwestern United States. It is named after the Kansas River which flows through it, which in turn was named after the Kansa Native American tribe, which inhabited the area. The tribe's name is often said to mean "people of the wind" or "people of the south...

, United States

United States

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. The post office was established December 21, 1892, and was discontinued March 31, 1904. The nearby Little Walnut River Pratt Truss Bridge

Little Walnut River Pratt Truss Bridge

The Little Walnut River Pratt Truss Bridge is a Pratt truss bridge constructed in 1885, in Bois d'Arc, Kansas. It was constructed by the Kansas City Bridge and Iron Company as a carriage, horse and pedestrian bridge over the Little Walnut River, which joins the larger Walnut River in southern...

is on the National Register of Historic Places.

The name Bois d'Arc is taken from a common tree in the area, the Osage Orange tree.

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