# Harding, Kansas

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{{Infobox settlement
|name                     = Harding, Kansas
|settlement_type          = [Unincorporated community](/source/Unincorporated_area)

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|map_caption1             = [KDOT](/source/Kansas_Department_of_Transportation) map of [Bourbon County](/source/Bourbon_County%2C_Kansas) ([legend](/source/%3AFile%3AKansas_official_transportation_map_legend.png))

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|subdivision_type         = Country
|subdivision_name         = United States
|subdivision_type1        = [State](/source/U.S._state)
|subdivision_name1        = [Kansas](/source/Kansas)
|subdivision_type2        = [County](/source/List_of_counties_in_Kansas)
|subdivision_name2        = [Bourbon](/source/Bourbon_County%2C_Kansas)
|subdivision_type3        = [Township](/source/List_of_townships_in_Kansas)
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|area_code                = [620](/source/Area_code_620)
|blank_name               = [FIPS code](/source/Federal_Information_Processing_Standard)
|blank_info               = 20-29975
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'''Harding''' is an [unincorporated community](/source/Unincorporated_area) in [Bourbon County, Kansas](/source/Bourbon_County%2C_Kansas), United States.<ref name="GNIS"/>

==History==
A post office was established at Harding in 1888, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1933.<ref>{{cite web | title=Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961 | url=http://www.kshs.org/geog/geog_postoffices/search/county:BB | publisher=Kansas Historical Society | accessdate=August 2, 2014}}</ref> The community was named for Russell Harding, a railroad official.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=xdchAAAAIBAJ&sjid=bp8FAAAAIBAJ&pg=1273%2C4234430 | title=Many Towns Have Disappeared | work=The Fort Scott Tribune | date=July 16, 1976 | accessdate=16 May 2015 | pages=3C}}</ref>

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

==External links==
* Bourbon County maps: [https://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/county-pdf/bourbon.PDF Current]{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, [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 Bourbon County, Kansas
Category:Unincorporated communities in Kansas

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