Coursens Grove

Ghost town · Mitchell County, Kansas

Glasco SW quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1952, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Coursens Grove is a ghost town in Mitchell County, Kansas. It is the only former community in Mitchell County recorded on the federal names register, out of 127 across Kansas.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Coursens Grove as a historical populated place on the Glasco SW 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 39.2767° N, 97.9689° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangle	Glasco SW
Elevation	1,559 ft
Nearest living town	Barnard, KS
Distance to it	7.3 miles
GNIS feature ID	484950
Coordinates	39.27667, -97.96893

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What's there now

Coursens Grove is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Barnard, KS (population 84), about 7.3 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 1,559 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

Nearby places

Paris
ghost town · Lincoln County · 13.7 mi
Oneonta
ghost town · Cloud County · 26.2 mi
Sibley
ghost town · Cloud County · 27.4 mi
Cheyenne Gap
ghost town · Osborne County · 36.6 mi
Phillips Village
ghost town · Saline County · 38.5 mi
White Rock
ghost town · Republic County · 42.2 mi
Oscar
ghost town · Clay County · 48 mi
Strawberry
ghost town · Washington County · 48.6 mi
Broughton
ghost town · Clay County · 49.1 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.