Handy is a ghost town in Bloom Township, Osborne County, Kansas, United States.[1]
Handy, Kansas | |
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  Handy  Handy | |
| Coordinates: 39°22′45″N 98°32′45″W / 39.37917°N 98.54583°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Kansas |
| County | Osborne |
| Elevation | 1,585 ft (483 m) |
| Population | |
• Total | 0 |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| Area code | 785 |
| GNIS ID | 481895 [1] |
History
editHandy was never a ghost town by any stretch of the imagination, but it was a rural post office in a farmhouse - nothing more. Handy was organized as a post office in 1882. The post office was discontinued in 1889.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b "Handy, Kansas", Geographic Names Information System, United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior
- ^ "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961". Kansas Historical Society. Retrieved 2017-12-30.
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