Geary, Kansas
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Geary is a ghost town in Wayne Township, Doniphan County, Kansas, United States.[1]
Geary was laid out in 1857.[2] It was named for John W. Geary, third Territorial Governor of Kansas.[2]
The second building in town was a newspaper office for the ERA, which was edited by a Free-State Democrat editor, a Republican editor, and a Know-Nothing editor. The newspaper ended in the summer of 1858.[3]
A post office was established at Geary in 1857 and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1905.[4]
While there was little border war fighting in Geary, a Jayhawker named "Chandler" was shot and died in Geary in 1862. He was buried in an unmarked grave south of the town.[3]
Geary flourished temporarily during the connection of the railroad from Wathena to Doniphan, but the railroad was abandoned and only a church and a store remained by 1907.[4]
