Wayside, Kansas

Wayside is an unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Kansas, United States.

Geography

It is located at latitude 37.125 and longitude -95.873 at an elevation of 886 feet. Wayside appears on the Tyro U.S. Geological Survey Map. Montgomery County is in the Central Time Zone (UTC -6 hours).[1]

History

A post office was opened in Wayside in 1887, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1984.[2] Wayside is west of the original location of the Little House on the Prairie,[3] the Kansas home of Laura Ingalls Wilder; a reconstruction of the house, along with a museum and relocated period buildings, is located at the site.

References

  1. ↑ "Wayside". KS Hometown Locator. Retrieved 30 January 2014.
  2. ↑ "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961". Kansas Historical Society. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  3. ↑ Kaye, Frances W. (2000-05-01). "Little Squatter on the Osage Dimished Reserve: Reading Laura Ingalls Wilder's Kansas Indians". Great Plains Quarterly. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska - Lincoln: 131. Retrieved 2016-03-28.

Coordinates: 37°07′29″N 95°52′24″W / 37.12472°N 95.87333°W / 37.12472; -95.87333

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