Bigelow is a
ghost town
A ghost town, deserted city, extinct town, or abandoned city is an abandoned settlement, usually one that contains substantial visible remaining buildings and infrastructure such as roads. A town often becomes a ghost town because the economi ...
in
Marshall County, Kansas
Marshall County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. Its county seat and largest city is Marysville. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 10,038. The county was named after Frank J. Marshall, a state representative ...
, United States.
It was located six and one-half miles southwest of
Frankfort.
History
It was founded in 1881 and named for General Alfred Bigelow. It was known for its
limestone
Limestone is a type of carbonate rock, carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material Lime (material), lime. It is composed mostly of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different Polymorphism (materials science) ...
quarries and peaked in population in 1910 at 200.
[''Faded Dreams: More Ghost Towns of Kansas'' by Daniel Fitzgerald. ]University Press of Kansas
The University Press of Kansas is a publisher located in Lawrence, Kansas. Operated by the University of Kansas, it represents the six state universities in the US state of Kansas: Emporia State University, Fort Hays State University, Kansas ...
. Lawrence, Kansas
Lawrence is a city in and the county seat of Douglas County, Kansas, United States, and the sixth-largest city in the state. It is in the northeastern sector of the state, astride Interstate 70 in Kansas, Interstate 70, between the Kansas River ...
. 1994
The post office closed in 1960 and the town was demolished during the construction of
Tuttle Creek Lake
Tuttle Creek Lake is a reservoir on the Big Blue River (Kansas), Big Blue River north of Manhattan, Kansas, Manhattan, in the Flint Hills region of northeast Kansas. It was built and is operated by the United States Army Corps of Engineers, Arm ...
. All that remains is a historical marker at the intersection of 17th and Zenith Roads and Antioch Cemetery.
References
Further reading
External links
* Marshall County maps
CurrentHistoric
KDOT
Former populated places in Marshall County, Kansas
Former populated places in Kansas
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