Peterton, Kansas Coal Mine.
Peterton, Kansas, in Osage County, was a coal-mining town. It is extinct today.
It was laid out by the Osage Carbon Company and named in honor of T. J. Peter. It gained a post office on May 24, 1876.
In the early 1880s, it was a station on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad and had a population of about 500, consisting almost entirely of miners. It had a large schoolhouse, and the frame homes were generally occupied by their occupants.
The Osage Carbon Company owned most of the coal fields around Peterton, including two shafts that employed 100 men and, in the busy season, produced about 150 tons of coal per day. They also own several drift and strip mines. Within a short distance, there were four more shafts, each owned by different firms, employing several men and doing a thriving mining business.
Its post office closed on April 30, 1904.
In 1910, it had telegraph and express offices and a population of 225.
It was located about three miles north of Osage City.
©Kathy Alexander/Legends of Kansas, updated May 2026.
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