Akron, Kansas

{{Short description|Unincorporated community in Cowley County, Kansas}} {{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}} '''Akron''' is an unincorporated community in Fairview Township, Cowley County, Kansas, United States.<ref name="GNIS">{{cite gnis2|484500|Akron, Kansas}}</ref> Akron is located at {{coord|37|21|06|N|97|00|54|W}}.

==History== The first post office at Akron (called Little Dutch until 1882) was opened in 1872, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1912.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kshs.org/geog/geog_postoffices/search/county:CL |title=Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961 (archived) |publisher=Kansas Historical Society |accessdate=6 June 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131009131700/http://www.kshs.org/geog/geog_postoffices/search/county%3ACL |archivedate=October 9, 2013 }}</ref>

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

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==Further reading== {{See also|Cowley County, Kansas#Further reading|l1=List of books about Cowley County, Kansas}}

==External links== * Cowley County maps: [https://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/county-pdf/cowley.PDF Current] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220406072449/https://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/county-pdf/cowley.PDF |date=April 6, 2022 }}, [https://www.ksdot.org/bureaus/burtransplan/maps/PastPublishedCounty.asp Historic] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240224151822/https://www.ksdot.org/bureaus/burtransplan/maps/PastPublishedCounty.asp |date=February 24, 2024 }}, KDOT

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Category:Unincorporated communities in Cowley County, Kansas Category:Unincorporated communities in Kansas