Hackney, Kansas

Unincorporated community in Cowley County, Kansas

Unincorporated community in Kansas, United States

37°10′27″N 97°1′52″W / 37.17417°N 97.03111°W / 37.17417; -97.03111^[1]CountryUnited StatesStateKansasCountyCowleyElevation

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1,099 ft (335 m)Time zoneUTC-6 (CST) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)Area code620FIPS code20-29375GNIS ID470349 ^[1]

Hackney is an unincorporated community in Cowley County, Kansas, United States.^[1]

History

The town was named after William P. Hackney, a colorful frontier lawyer and politician from Cowley County.^{[citation needed]} Hackney was a station and shipping point on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway.^[2] The post office was established March 31, 1894, and discontinued February 15, 1924.^[3]

An airport was built in the early 1940s and was used as a training airfield by the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. The airport is now called Strother Field and it is the home of Strother Field Industrial Park.

Education

The community is served by Winfield USD 465 public school district.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hackney, Kansas
^ Blackmar, Frank Wilson (1912). Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Embracing Events, Institutions, Industries, Counties, Cities, Towns, Prominent Persons, Etc. Standard Publishing Company. pp. 800.
^ "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961 (archived)". Kansas Historical Society. Archived from the original on October 9, 2013. Retrieved June 6, 2014.

External links

Cowley County maps: Current, Historic, KDOT

Municipalities and communities of Cowley County, Kansas, United States

County seat: Winfield

Cities

Unincorporated
communities

Ghost towns

Etzanoa

Townships

Footnotes

†This community is designated a Census-Designated Place (CDP) by the United States Census Bureau.
‡This community also has portions in an adjacent county or counties.