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Smoky Hill City

Ghost town · Phillips County, Kansas

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

Smoky Hill City is a ghost town in Phillips County, Kansas, recorded as human settlement in Kansas, United States. It is the only former community in Phillips County recorded on the federal names register, out of 127 across Kansas.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Smoky Hill City 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 39.7667° N, 99.5333° W.

Key facts

Elevation2,143 ft
Nearest living townStuttgart, KS
Distance to it4.8 miles
Coordinates39.76670, -99.53330

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What's there now

Smoky Hill City is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Stuttgart, KS (population 64), about 4.8 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 2,143 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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