# Milo, Kansas

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**Milo** is a [ghost town](/source/Ghost_town) in [Lincoln County, Kansas](/source/Lincoln_County,_Kansas), United States.[1] It was located along a former railroad about halfway between the communities of [Barnard](/source/Barnard,_Kansas) and [Ada](/source/Ada,_Kansas).

## History

Milo was issued a post office in 1872. The post office was discontinued in 1938.[2]

The 1912 cyclopedia of Kansas describes Milo as a "country trading point" on [Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway](/source/Atchison,_Topeka_and_Santa_Fe_Railway), with "2 stores, an express office, and a money order postoffice with one rural route." It reported the 1910 population to be 50 people.[3]

The referenced rail line opened in 1888 as a line of the Chicago, Kansas and Western Railroad opened from [Manchester](/source/Manchester,_Kansas) in the east to [Barnard](/source/Barnard,_Kansas) in the west, a 43 mile line, with a stop at Milo. The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway took over operation of the line in 1901.[4] An application was filed in 1983 to abandon this "[Minneapolis](/source/Minneapolis,_Kansas) District" line.[5]

## References

1. ["Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961"](https://www.kshs.org/geog/geog_postofices/search/placename:/county:LC). Kansas Historical Society. Retrieved 2018-01-05.[dead link]

1. [Kansas, A Cyclopedia ..., Vol. II](https://books.google.com/books?id=V6IUAAAAYAAJ&dq=milo+%22lincoln+county%22+kansas+santa+fe&pg=PA285), p. 285 (1912)

1. Gannett, Henry (1898). [*A Gazetteer of Kansas*](https://books.google.com/books?id=VwgtAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA23). Govt. Print. Off. p. 23.

1. [The Minneapolis District](https://www.abandonedrails.com/minneapolis-district), Abandoned Rails, Retrieved 21 February 2022

## Further reading

See also: [List of books about Lincoln County, Kansas](/source/Lincoln_County,_Kansas#Further_reading)

## External links

- Lincoln County maps: [Current](https://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/county-pdf/lincoln.PDF), [Historic](https://www.ksdot.org/bureaus/burtransplan/maps/PastPublishedCounty.asp), KDOT

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