Vine Creek, Kansas
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Vine Creek is a ghost town in Ottawa County, Kansas, United States.[1]
Vine Creek (also known historically as Vine) had a post office from 1879 until 1932.[2]
In 1888, a rail line of the Chicago, Kansas and Western Railroad opened from Manchester, Kansas in the east to Barnard in the west, a 43 mile line, with a stop at Vine Creek. The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway acquired the railroad in 1901.[3] An application was filed in 1983 to abandon this "Minneapolis District" line.[4]
The 1912 cyclopedia of Kansas described Vine as a "village" on Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, with "a money order postoffice and telegraph and express office. The population in 1910 was 50. The railroad name is Vine Creek."[5]
Education
Children living near the former community is served by North Ottawa County USD 239 public school district.
