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Pawnee

Ghost town · Geary County, Kansas

Fort Riley quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1947, 1:62,500)
Fort Riley quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1947, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Pawnee is a ghost town in Geary County, Kansas. It is one of 2 former communities in Geary County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 12th among the 59 Kansas counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Pawnee as a historical populated place: 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 39.0858° N, 96.7625° W.

Key facts

Elevation1,072 ft
Nearest living townFort Riley, KS
Distance to it3 miles
Coordinates39.08583, -96.76250

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What's there now

Pawnee is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Fort Riley, KS (population 8,595), about 3 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 1,072 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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Questions

Where is Pawnee?

Pawnee is in Geary County, Kansas, at 39.0858, -96.7625.

How many ghost towns are in Geary County?

Geary County, Kansas has 2 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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