Cleveland, Kansas
Encyclopedia
Cleveland is an unincorporated community in Kingman County
, Kansas
, United States
. Cleveland is 6.5 miles (10.5 km) south of Kingman
.
. Cleveland was situated at the geographic center of Kingman County, and it hoped to become the county seat, which was located in Kingman at the time. Supported by the backing of the newly established Cleveland Star newspaper, the residents submitted a petition to move the county seat to Cleveland. Kingman won the vote, however, with aid from the town of Dale; the Cleveland Star ultimately moved to Kingman as well, becoming the Kingman Republican. The town had 80 residents as of 1887, and by 1908 contained a post office, a school, a church, two grain elevators and would soon have a large hotel. The town declined later, though, and by the 1950s it had only the post office, the school, the church, one elevator, and eight homes. The post office closed in 1957, followed by the school in 1958 and the church in 1967. Cleveland now contains only the grain elevator, described by a resident as "one of the busiest elevators in the area", and a few houses.
Kingman County, Kansas
Kingman County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. As of the 2010 census, the county population was 7,858. The largest city and county seat is Kingman.-History:...
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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
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. Cleveland is 6.5 miles (10.5 km) south of Kingman
Kingman, Kansas
Kingman is a city in and the county seat of Kingman County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 3,177.-Geography:Kingman is located at...
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History
Cleveland was platted and named in 1879, after the city of Cleveland, OhioCleveland, Ohio
Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state. The city is located in northeastern Ohio on the southern shore of Lake Erie, approximately west of the Pennsylvania border...
. Cleveland was situated at the geographic center of Kingman County, and it hoped to become the county seat, which was located in Kingman at the time. Supported by the backing of the newly established Cleveland Star newspaper, the residents submitted a petition to move the county seat to Cleveland. Kingman won the vote, however, with aid from the town of Dale; the Cleveland Star ultimately moved to Kingman as well, becoming the Kingman Republican. The town had 80 residents as of 1887, and by 1908 contained a post office, a school, a church, two grain elevators and would soon have a large hotel. The town declined later, though, and by the 1950s it had only the post office, the school, the church, one elevator, and eight homes. The post office closed in 1957, followed by the school in 1958 and the church in 1967. Cleveland now contains only the grain elevator, described by a resident as "one of the busiest elevators in the area", and a few houses.