Plum Grove

Ghost town · Butler County, Kansas

Potwin quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1961, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Plum Grove is a ghost town in Butler County, Kansas. It is one of 2 former communities in Butler County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 22nd among the 59 Kansas counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Plum Grove 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 37.9850° N, 97.0419° W.

Key facts

Elevation	1,339 ft
Nearest living town	Potwin, KS
Distance to it	3.5 miles
Coordinates	37.98500, -97.04194

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What's there now

Plum Grove is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Potwin, KS (population 562), about 3.5 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 1,339 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

Nearby places

Annelly
ghost town · Harvey County · 8.7 mi
Gnadenau
ghost town · Marion County · 24.8 mi
Thurman
ghost town · Chase County · 29.7 mi
Elk
ghost town · Chase County · 32.3 mi
Teterville
ghost town · Greenwood County · 34.1 mi
Belleview
ghost town · Greenwood County · 34.6 mi
Lapland
ghost town · Greenwood County · 35.4 mi
Wingate
ghost town · Butler County · 39.6 mi
Landergin
ghost town · Greenwood County · 40.7 mi
Glen Grouse
ghost town · Cowley County · 44.4 mi
Utopia
ghost town · Greenwood County · 45 mi

Questions

Where is Plum Grove?

Plum Grove is in Butler County, Kansas, at 37.9850, -97.0419.

How many ghost towns are in Butler County?

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

Sources and licences

Wikidata — Wikidata item (CC0)
Wikidata — Wikipedia article (linked as a source; text not used) (CC0)
U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line and ACS — Census Gazetteer + ACS 5-year population (public-domain)

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