Sibley, Kansas
Sibley is located in Kansas
Sibley
Sibley
Sibley is located in the United States
Sibley
Sibley
Coordinates: 39°36′54″N 97°42′5″W / 39.61500°N 97.70139°W / 39.61500; -97.70139
CountryUnited States
StateKansas
CountyCloud
Founded1869
Named forLake Sibley
Population
  Total0
Time zoneUTC-6 (CST)
  Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)

Sibley is a ghost town in Cloud County, Kansas, United States. It is located north of Concordia and the Republican River.

History

Sibley was founded in 1869, and named for Lake Sibley.[1] It was once in the running for the county seat but lost in an 1870 run-off election against Concordia.[2] The area is now abandoned as a town and the land is privately owned and used for farming. It is considered a ghost town.

Notable people

References

  1. Hollibaugh, E. F. (1903). Biographical History of Cloud County, Kansas: Biographies of Representative Citizens. Illustrated with Portraits of Prominent People, Cuts of Homes, Stock, Etc. Wilson, Humphrey & Company. p. 152.
  2. 'It Takes People to Make a Town, Emery, Janet Pease. (1970a), Salina, Kansas: Arrow Printing. Library of Congress: 75-135688.
  3. University of Wisconsin Archived 2011-08-16 at the Wayback Machine May Louise Cowles, rural sociologist (1892-1978)

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