Hackney, Kansas

Hackney, Kansas
Unincorporated community
Aerial view of Hackney, including Strother Field industrial park and airport

KDOT map of Cowley County (legend)
Hackney
Hackney
Coordinates: 37°10′27″N 97°1′52″W / 37.17417°N 97.03111°W / 37.17417; -97.03111Coordinates: 37°10′27″N 97°1′52″W / 37.17417°N 97.03111°W / 37.17417; -97.03111
Country United States
State Kansas
County Cowley
Time zone UTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code 620

Hackney is an unincorporated community in Cowley County, Kansas, United States.[1]

History

The town was named after William P. Hackney, a colorful frontier lawyer and politician from Cowley County. Hackney was a station and shipping point on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway.[2] The post office was established March 31, 1894, and discontinued February 15, 1924.[3]

An airport was built in the early 1940s and was used as a training airfield by the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. The airport is now called Strother Field and it is the home of Strother Field Industrial Park.

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hackney, Kansas
  2. ↑ Blackmar, Frank Wilson (1912). Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Embracing Events, Institutions, Industries, Counties, Cities, Towns, Prominent Persons, Etc. Standard Publishing Company. p. 800.
  3. ↑ "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961 (archived)". Kansas Historical Society. Archived from the original on October 9, 2013. Retrieved 6 June 2014.

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