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Unincorporated community in Ford County, Kansas Unincorporated community in Kansas, United States
Windhorst, Kansas
Unincorporated community
Immaculate Heart of Mary Church (2014)Immaculate Heart of Mary Church (2014)
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Coordinates: 37°47′07″N 99°38′31″W / 37.78528°N 99.64194°W / 37.78528; -99.64194
CountryUnited States
StateKansas
CountyFord
Elevation2,362 ft (720 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code620
FIPS code20-79825
GNIS ID473746

Windhorst (also known as Windthorst) is an unincorporated community in Ford County, Kansas, United States. It is located along 131 Spur Rd between Iron Rd and Jewell Rd in a rural area between the communities of Bellefont and Bucklin, approximately 6 miles south of Bellefont or 15 miles north of Bucklin.

History

A post office was opened in Windhorst in 1898, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1905.

The present-day community consists of a church, a school, a priest's house, and residential housing, but little more. The community is best known for the Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, which closed in 1997. It is listed in the National Register of Historic Places and can still be visited.

Education

Windhorst is a part of USD 381 Spearville Schools. The Spearville High School mascot is the Royal Lancers.

Windhorst schools were closed through school unification. The Windhorst High School mascot was Bluejays. The Windhorst Bluejays won the Kansas State High School class B Baseball championship in 1956.

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Windhorst, Kansas
  2. "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961, page 2". Kansas Historical Society. Retrieved June 10, 2014.
  3. "Extinct Towns in Ford County, Kansas". Legends of Kansas. September 8, 2009. Retrieved September 8, 2009.
  4. "Spearville Schools USD 381". USD 381. Retrieved January 6, 2017.
  5. "Rozel Pins Windhorst For Title", Great Bend Tribune, 13 February 1959, p.7.
  6. "Baseball". KSHSAA. Retrieved January 6, 2017.

Further reading

See also: List of books about Ford County, Kansas

External links

Municipalities and communities of Ford County, Kansas, United States
County seat: Dodge City
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