The old alignment of U.S. Route 40, now a paved county road, runs southeast–northwest through Toulon.[7] Another paved county road, Toulon Avenue, runs north–south through the community, connecting to an interchange with Interstate 70 to the north.[8]
The Kansas Pacific (KP) line of the Union Pacific Railroad runs southeast–northwest through Toulon, parallel to the old alignment of U.S. 40.[2][9]
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^ abcdU.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Toulon, Kansas
toulon, kansas, toulon, unincorporated, community, creek, township, ellis, county, kansas, united, states, located, east, hays, along, hiway, unincorporated, communitykdot, ellis, county, legend, toulonshow, kansastoulonshow, united, statescoordinates, 85167, . Toulon is an unincorporated community in Big Creek Township Ellis County Kansas United States 1 It is located east of Hays along old Hiway 40 2 Toulon KansasUnincorporated communityKDOT map of Ellis County legend ToulonShow map of KansasToulonShow map of the United StatesCoordinates 38 51 06 N 99 14 29 W 38 85167 N 99 24139 W 38 85167 99 24139 1 CountryUnited StatesStateKansasCountyEllisTownshipBig CreekNamed forToulon FranceElevation 1 2 001 ft 610 m Time zoneUTC 6 CST Summer DST UTC 5 CDT ZIP code67601Area code785FIPS code20 71100GNIS ID484728 1 Contents 1 History 2 Geography 3 Transportation 4 References 5 Further reading 6 External linksHistory editToulon was likely named directly or indirectly for the city of Toulon in France 3 A post office in Toulon opened in 1889 closed temporarily in 1891 reopened in 1898 and closed permanently in 1901 4 Geography editToulon is 1 8 miles 2 9 km south of Interstate 70 and 2 miles 3 2 km east of Hays city limits 5 Toulon lies 4 miles 6 4 km north of Big Creek in the Smoky Hills region of the Great Plains 5 6 Transportation editThe old alignment of U S Route 40 now a paved county road runs southeast northwest through Toulon 7 Another paved county road Toulon Avenue runs north south through the community connecting to an interchange with Interstate 70 to the north 8 The Kansas Pacific KP line of the Union Pacific Railroad runs southeast northwest through Toulon parallel to the old alignment of U S 40 2 9 References edit a b c d U S Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System Toulon Kansas a b General Highway Map Ellis County Kansas PDF Kansas Department of Transportation 1978 Retrieved July 16 2015 Profile for Toulon Kansas ePodunk Retrieved June 9 2014 Kansas Post Offices 1828 1961 archived Kansas Historical Society Archived from the original on October 9 2013 Retrieved June 9 2014 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint unfit URL link a b General Highway Map Ellis County Kansas Kansas Department of Transportation 2010 Retrieved July 16 2015 2003 2004 Official Transportation Map PDF Kansas Department of Transportation 2003 Retrieved July 16 2015 Official 1960 61 Kansas Highway Map PDF Kansas Department of Transportation Retrieved July 16 2015 Toulon KS Google Maps Retrieved July 16 2015 UPRR Common Line Names PDF Union Pacific Railroad Retrieved July 16 2015 Further reading editSee also List of books about Ellis County KansasExternal links editEllis County maps Current Historic KDOT nbsp This article about a location in Ellis County Kansas is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Toulon Kansas amp oldid 1175499006, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
