Rice, Kansas

Rice, Kansas
Unincorporated community
Rice
Location within the state of Kansas
Rice
Rice (the US)
Coordinates: 39°34′20″N 97°33′20″W / 39.57222°N 97.55556°W / 39.57222; -97.55556Coordinates: 39°34′20″N 97°33′20″W / 39.57222°N 97.55556°W / 39.57222; -97.55556
Country United States
State Kansas
County Cloud
Time zone UTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
General store and Post Office in Rice.

Rice is an unincorporated rural community in Cloud County, Kansas, United States.[1]

History

In the 19th century, Rice was a station on the Central Branch Union Pacific Railroad, and the town's proximity to the larger trading center of Concordia inhibited its growth.[2]

A post office was opened in Rice in 1878, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1980.[3]

Notable people

  • Ross Doyen, farmer, rancher, and Kansas state legislator, was born near Rice.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Rice, Kansas". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. ↑ Hollibaugh, E. F. (1903). Biographical History of Cloud County, Kansas: Biographies of Representative Citizens. Illustrated with Portraits of Prominent People, Cuts of Homes, Stock, Etc. Wilson, Humphrey & Company. p. 887.
  3. ↑ "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961". Kansas Historical Society. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
  4. ↑ Ross O. Doyen papers-biographical sketch


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