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Stippville is an unincorporated community in Cherokee County, Kansas, United States. It is located 4 miles north of Columbus.

History

Cherokee County opened for settlement in 1866. Coal was found at numerous places across the county and soon, it became the leading coal producing county for the state of Kansas for many years. The Columbus Coal Company had a shaft located at Stippville, on the Kansas City, Fort Scott & Memphis railway. Stippville was a mining town that was developed in the late nineteenth-century. The town had a population of 200 by 1910. The original post office moved from Newcastle to Stippville in the 1880s.

References

1. "Stippville, Kansas", Geographic Names Information System, United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior
2. ^ "KGS--Special Report on Coal (1898)--Geography". www.kgs.ku.edu. Retrieved April 29, 2021.
3. "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961, page 2". Kansas Historical Society. Retrieved August 2, 2014.

Further reading

External links

• Cherokee County maps: Current, Historic, KDOT

v t e Municipalities and communities of Cherokee County, Kansas, United States
County seat: Columbus
Cities	Baxter Springs Columbus Galena Roseland Scammon Weir West Mineral
CDPs	Crestline Hallowell Lowell Riverton
Unincorporated communities	Carona Cokedale Empire City Faulkner Keelville Kniveton‡ Lawton Melrose Neutral Sherman Sherwin Skidmore Stippville Turck
Ghost towns	Treece
Townships	Cherokee Crawford Garden Lola Lowell Lyon Mineral Neosho Pleasant View Ross Salamanca Shawnee Sheridan Spring Valley
Footnotes	‡This community also has portions in an adjacent county or counties.
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