Flush derived its name from Michael Floersch, a pioneer settler. When the post office was opened in Flush in 1899, the postmaster-general could not pronounce Floersch and changed the name to Flush. Postal service was discontinued in 1927.[2][3] The church and community were settled predominately with German-speaking immigrants. The church maintained German-speaking priests until 1927. The church also opened a parish school in the 1890s which ceased operation in 1976.
The town was poised for increased growth with the planned expansion of a railroad through Flush in 1908. The Floersch family even constructed a grain mill in Flush that was designed to serve the railroad. However, the railroad was never constructed and the town never saw the growth the immigrants in the region expected. Most of the residents at the townsite of Flush departed for other communities by 1914.[4]
Today, all that remains of the community is the St. Joseph's Catholic Church campus, which includes a rectory, parish hall, and cemetery flanking both sides of Flush Road. The church building was built in 1901, and was last remodeled in 2001.[4] Flush and the St. Joseph Church community are recognized around the region for the annual Flush Picnic, a fried chicken dinner fundraiser and fair that benefits the church community. The picnic draws crowds of more than 2,000 people to Flush and is typically held the last Wednesday in July every year.[5]
Educationedit
The community is served by Rock Creek USD 323 public school district.[6] The Rock Creek High School is located one mile north of Flush and was built in 1991.
The Catholic parochial school in Flush was closed in 1976. The Flush High School mascot was Flush Rockets.[7]
flush, kansas, flush, unincorporated, community, pottawatomie, county, kansas, united, states, located, between, george, westmoreland, unincorporated, communitykdot, pottawatomie, county, legend, flushshow, kansasflushshow, united, statescoordinates, 29444, 44. Flush is an unincorporated community in Pottawatomie County Kansas United States 1 It is located between St George and Westmoreland Flush KansasUnincorporated communityKDOT map of Pottawatomie County legend FlushShow map of KansasFlushShow map of the United StatesCoordinates 39 17 40 N 96 26 26 W 39 29444 N 96 44056 W 39 29444 96 44056 1 CountryUnited StatesStateKansasCountyPottawatomieElevation 1 1 093 ft 333 m Time zoneUTC 6 CST Summer DST UTC 5 CDT Area code785FIPS code20 23625GNIS ID484769 1 Contents 1 History 2 Education 3 References 4 Further reading 5 External linksHistory editFlush derived its name from Michael Floersch a pioneer settler When the post office was opened in Flush in 1899 the postmaster general could not pronounce Floersch and changed the name to Flush Postal service was discontinued in 1927 2 3 The church and community were settled predominately with German speaking immigrants The church maintained German speaking priests until 1927 The church also opened a parish school in the 1890s which ceased operation in 1976 The town was poised for increased growth with the planned expansion of a railroad through Flush in 1908 The Floersch family even constructed a grain mill in Flush that was designed to serve the railroad However the railroad was never constructed and the town never saw the growth the immigrants in the region expected Most of the residents at the townsite of Flush departed for other communities by 1914 4 Today all that remains of the community is the St Joseph s Catholic Church campus which includes a rectory parish hall and cemetery flanking both sides of Flush Road The church building was built in 1901 and was last remodeled in 2001 4 Flush and the St Joseph Church community are recognized around the region for the annual Flush Picnic a fried chicken dinner fundraiser and fair that benefits the church community The picnic draws crowds of more than 2 000 people to Flush and is typically held the last Wednesday in July every year 5 Education editThe community is served by Rock Creek USD 323 public school district 6 The Rock Creek High School is located one mile north of Flush and was built in 1991 The Catholic parochial school in Flush was closed in 1976 The Flush High School mascot was Flush Rockets 7 References edit a b c d Flush Kansas Geographic Names Information System United States Geological Survey United States Department of the Interior Kansas Post Offices 1828 1961 Kansas Historical Society Archived from the original on October 9 2013 Retrieved June 22 2014 Profile for Flush Kansas ePodunk Retrieved June 22 2014 a b History of St Joseph Catholic Church Flush Kansas Flush Picnic a family tradition through generations Rock Creek USD 323 USD 323 Archived from the original on July 17 2019 Retrieved January 6 2017 Flush Pushes Record to 9 0 With Win The Manhattan Mercury 12 January 1964 p 3 Further reading editSee also List of books about Pottawatomie County KansasExternal links editPottawatomie County maps Current Historic KDOT nbsp This article about a location in Pottawatomie County Kansas is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Flush Kansas amp oldid 1219800818, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
