Frantz

Ghost town · Ellsworth County, Kansas

Geneseo quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1964, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

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

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Frantz as a historical populated place on the Geneseo 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 38.5514° N, 98.2384° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangle	Geneseo
Elevation	1,771 ft
Nearest living town	Frederick, KS
Distance to it	3.1 miles
GNIS feature ID	484958
Coordinates	38.55140, -98.23839

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What's there now

Frantz is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Frederick, KS (population 39), about 3.1 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 1,771 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

Nearby places

Phillips Village
ghost town · Saline County · 32.6 mi
Belfield
ghost town · Rush County · 44.2 mi
Paris
ghost town · Lincoln County · 45.5 mi
Ryan
ghost town · Rush County · 47.9 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.