The area was once owned by a group of ShawneeNative Americans. By 1865 several investors took ownership of the area before Henry Weaver obtained a large portion of the land. Henry and his wife, Nancy (Hill) came to the area from Pennsylvania along with their seven children. John F. Weaver, Henry's youngest son went on to own several businesses in the Weaver area including a general store, rock crushing business and a potato bucket manufacturing company.[3]
A post office called Weaver was established in 1891, and remained in operation until 1903. The Weaver community was located close to the southern bank of the Kansas River. The area lies in a region called "Weaver Bottoms," which is in the Kansas River floodplain. Therefore, the community was the victim of frequent flooding. Floods in 1903 and 1908 significantly damaged the community. The Great Flood of 1951 destroyed every remnant of the community, and forced all residents to leave the community permanently. No trace of Weaver exists as of 2021.
weaver, kansas, weaver, ghost, town, douglas, county, kansas, united, states, located, mile, northeast, eudora, ghost, townn, 1600, weaver, bottomskdot, douglas, county, legend, weavershow, kansasweavershow, united, statescoordinates, 96194, 06694, 96194, 0669. Weaver is a ghost town in Douglas County Kansas United States 2 It is located one mile northeast of Eudora Weaver KansasGhost townN 1600 Rd in Weaver BottomsKDOT map of Douglas County legend WeaverShow map of KansasWeaverShow map of the United StatesCoordinates 38 57 43 N 95 04 01 W 38 96194 N 95 06694 W 38 96194 95 06694CountryUnited StatesStateKansasCountyDouglasFounded1865Named forHenry WeaverElevation1 089 ft 332 m Population Estimate 0Time zoneUTC 6 CST Summer DST UTC 5 CDT Area code785GNIS ID484879 1 Contents 1 History 2 References 3 Further reading 4 External linksHistory editThe area was once owned by a group of Shawnee Native Americans By 1865 several investors took ownership of the area before Henry Weaver obtained a large portion of the land Henry and his wife Nancy Hill came to the area from Pennsylvania along with their seven children John F Weaver Henry s youngest son went on to own several businesses in the Weaver area including a general store rock crushing business and a potato bucket manufacturing company 3 A post office called Weaver was established in 1891 and remained in operation until 1903 The Weaver community was located close to the southern bank of the Kansas River The area lies in a region called Weaver Bottoms which is in the Kansas River floodplain Therefore the community was the victim of frequent flooding Floods in 1903 and 1908 significantly damaged the community The Great Flood of 1951 destroyed every remnant of the community and forced all residents to leave the community permanently No trace of Weaver exists as of 2021 References edit US Board on Geographic Names United States Geological Survey October 25 2007 Retrieved January 31 2008 U S Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System Weaver Kansas WEAVER The History of Eudora Kansas Retrieved November 18 2023 Further reading editSee also List of books about Douglas County KansasExternal links editDouglas County Maps Current Historic KDOT nbsp This article about a location in Douglas County Kansas is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Weaver Kansas amp oldid 1185675384, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
