Waldron, Kansas Hey Days.
Waldron, Kansas, is a ghost town in Harper County. As of the 2020 census, its population was nine and the community had a total area of 0.31 square miles, all of which is land. It is also officially an extinct town, as it no longer has a post office.
Located at the southern edge of Kansas, near the Oklahoma state border, Waldron was founded in 1900. A post office was established on January 23, 1902. At about this time, Waldron became the point where the Choctaw Northern Railroad and the Kansas City, Mexico, and Orient Railway crossed.
In 1910, the incorporated town was a station on the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific and the Kansas City, Mexico & Orient Railroads. It had several retail stores, a bank, a weekly newspaper called the Argus, telegraph and express offices, and a money order post office. The town’s population peaked that year at 262.
Both railroad lines through the town were subsequently abandoned.
Waldron’s post office closed on September 26, 2003. Today, the community has just a few scattered buildings, most badly deteriorating. The community is served by Chaparral USD 361 public school district in Anthony, Kansas.
It is located 14 miles southwest of Anthony.
Old buildings in Waldron, Kansas, by Kathy Alexander.
Old building in Waldron, Kansas by Kathy Alexander.
©Kathy Alexander/Legends of Kansas, June 2024.
Also See:
Abandoned church in Waldron, Kansas, by Kathy Alexander.
Sources:
Blackmar, Frank W.; Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Vol I; Standard Publishing Company, Chicago, IL 1912.
Fort Hays State University
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Collapsed Building in Waldron, Kansas by Kathy Alexander.