Founded in 1874, it experienced a period of decline that concluded in its abandonment in 1944. In 1900, the community was composed of over fifty households, and it included a post office, stores, schools, and a church.[2]
A post office existed in Thurman from August 24, 1874, to January 31, 1909.[3]
thurman, kansas, thurman, ghost, town, chase, county, kansas, united, states, located, southeast, matfield, green, rural, flint, hills, ghost, townkdot, chase, county, legend, thurmanshow, kansasthurmanshow, united, statescoordinates, 10083, 51694, 10083, 5169. Thurman is a ghost town in Chase County Kansas United States 1 It was located southeast of Matfield Green in the rural Flint Hills Thurman KansasGhost townKDOT map of Chase County legend ThurmanShow map of KansasThurmanShow map of the United StatesCoordinates 38 6 3 N 96 31 1 W 38 10083 N 96 51694 W 38 10083 96 51694 Coordinates 38 6 3 N 96 31 1 W 38 10083 N 96 51694 W 38 10083 96 51694 1 CountryUnited StatesStateKansasCountyChaseElevation 1 1 394 ft 425 m Population Total0Time zoneUTC 6 CST Summer DST UTC 5 CDT Area code620GNIS ID482064 1 Location of Thurman according to a 1914 atlas Contents 1 History 2 Geography 3 References 4 Further reading 5 External linksHistory EditFounded in 1874 it experienced a period of decline that concluded in its abandonment in 1944 In 1900 the community was composed of over fifty households and it included a post office stores schools and a church 2 A post office existed in Thurman from August 24 1874 to January 31 1909 3 Geography EditThe elevation of the Thurman site is 1 394 feet 425 m and it is located at 38 6 3 N 96 31 1 W 38 10083 N 96 51694 W 38 10083 96 51694 38 1008519 96 5169547 1 in the southeastern part of the county 4 Today the site is located in southern Matfield Township 5 References Edit a b c d e Thurman Kansas Geographic Names Information System United States Geological Survey United States Department of the Interior Ghost Settlement on the Prairie A Biography of Thurman Kansas University Press of Kansas 2007 Accessed 2009 06 30 Kansas Post Offices 1828 1961 archived Kansas Historical Society Archived from the original on October 9 2013 Retrieved 5 June 2014 Page 14 from Atlas of the World 1914 Accessed 2009 06 30 DeLorme Kansas Atlas amp Gazetteer 4th ed Yarmouth DeLorme 2009 50 ISBN 0 89933 342 7 Further reading EditSee also List of books about Chase County KansasExternal links EditChase County maps Current Historic KDOT This article about a location in Chase County Kansas is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte This United States ghost town related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Thurman Kansas amp oldid 1085464523, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
