Comiskey is a

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Morris County, Kansas Morris County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. Its county seat and largest city is Council Grove. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 5,386. The county was named for Thomas Morris, a U.S. Senator from Ohio and ...

, United States. It was located approximately east of Council Grove, next to the county line.

History

Comiskey was platted in 1887 and originally served as a whistle-stop of the

Missouri Pacific Railroad The Missouri Pacific Railroad , commonly abbreviated as MoPac, was one of the first railroads in the United States west of the Mississippi River. MoPac was a Class I railroad growing from dozens of predecessors and mergers. In 1967, the railroad o ...

. A post office existed in Comiskey from 1887 to 1929. In 1910, the community had a population of 28. Following the

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' victory in the

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over the Chicago White Stockings, the Missouri Pacific Railroad honored several of the St. Louis players by naming some of their depots after the players. This community was named in honor of

first baseman

Charles Comiskey Charles Albert Comiskey (August 15, 1859 – October 26, 1931), nicknamed "Commy" or "the Old Roman", was an American Major League Baseball player, manager, and team owner. He was a key person in the formation of the American League and was als ...

(who would later found the

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and build

Comiskey Park Comiskey Park was a ballpark in Chicago, Illinois, located in the Armour Square neighborhood on the near-south side of the city. The stadium served as the home of the Chicago White Sox of the American League from 1910 through 1990. Built by Wh ...

). The neighboring city of Bushong was named after

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from the same team. Comiskey Cemetery still exists, approximately north of the former community at an area southwest of the intersection of 100 Rd and U Ave. File:Comiskey Town Deed.pdf, 1887 deed for town of Comiskey File:Comiskey Town Platt.pdf, 1887 platt for town of Comiskey File:Stouffer's Railroad Map of Kansas 1915-1918 Morris County.png, 1915-1918 railroad map of Morris County (incorrectly showing Comiskey east of the county line)

Geography

Comiskey was located at (38.6444525, -96.3541663), which is about south of U.S. 56 on 100 Rd in Morris County, which forms the boundary between Morris and

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counties.

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{{Morris County, Kansas Ghost towns in Kansas

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