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Charleston is an unincorporated community in Gray County, Kansas, United States. It is located along Highway 50.

History

Charleston was a station and shipping point on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway.

A post office was opened in Charleston in 1908, closed temporarily in 1912, reopened in 1913, and was closed permanently in 1944.

References

1. "Charleston, Kansas", Geographic Names Information System, United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior
2. Blackmar, Frank Wilson (1912). Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Embracing Events, Institutions, Industries, Counties, Cities, Towns, Prominent Persons, Etc. Standard Publishing Company. pp. 311.
3. "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961 (archived)". Kansas Historical Society. Archived from the original on October 9, 2013. Retrieved June 10, 2014.

Further reading

External links

• Gray County maps: Current, Historic, KDOT

v t e Municipalities and communities of Gray County, Kansas, United States
County seat: Cimarron
Cities	Cimarron Copeland Ensign Ingalls Montezuma
Unincorporated communities	Charleston Haggard
Townships	Cimarron Copeland East Hess Foote Ingalls Logan Montezuma
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37°51′55″N 100°33′54″W / 37.86528°N 100.56500°W / 37.86528; -100.56500

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