Cheyenne Gap

Ghost town · Osborne County, Kansas

Vincent quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1978, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Cheyenne Gap is a ghost town in Osborne County, Kansas. It is the only former community in Osborne County recorded on the federal names register, out of 127 across Kansas.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Cheyenne Gap as a historical populated place on the Vincent topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 39.2200° N, 98.6481° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangle	Vincent
Elevation	1,835 ft
Nearest living town	Luray, KS
Distance to it	7.6 miles
GNIS feature ID	484601
Coordinates	39.22001, -98.64813

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What's there now

Cheyenne Gap is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Luray, KS (population 159), about 7.6 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 1,835 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

Nearby places

Laton
ghost town · Rooks County · 23.4 mi
Paris
ghost town · Lincoln County · 23.6 mi
Coursens Grove
ghost town · Mitchell County · 36.6 mi
Webster
ghost town · Rooks County · 44 mi

Sources and licences

USGS Geographic Names Information System (Domestic Names) — GNIS Domestic Names, feature record (public-domain)
U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line and ACS — Census Gazetteer + ACS 5-year population (public-domain)

Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-05.