Stuttgart, Kansas

Stuttgart, Kansas
Unincorporated community

KDOT map of Phillips County (legend)
Stuttgart
Stuttgart
Coordinates: 39°47′58″N 99°27′19″W / 39.79944°N 99.45528°W / 39.79944; -99.45528Coordinates: 39°47′58″N 99°27′19″W / 39.79944°N 99.45528°W / 39.79944; -99.45528[1]
Country United States
State Kansas
County Phillips
Founded 1888
Elevation[1] 1,991 ft (607 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code 785
FIPS code 20-68750 [1]
GNIS ID 471923 [1]

Stuttgart is an unincorporated community in Phillips County, Kansas, United States.[1] It lies to the north of Kansas at U.S. Route 36 between Prairie View and Phillipsburg.

History

It was established by settlers in the early 1870s and grew to have two Lutheran churches, a public school, hotel, cafe, bank, cinema, hairdresser, wood yard, grocer's shop, railway depot, grain silo, repairshop, blacksmith, dairy, and more. It was founded on February 6, 1888. A post office was opened in Stuttgart in 1888, and remained in operation for until it closed in 1986.[2]

Today there is yet another Lutheran church, a grain silo, a garage and a gas station with service, as well as a photo studio.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) details for Stuttgart, Kansas; United States Geological Survey (USGS); October 13, 1978.
  2. ↑ "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961, page 2". Kansas Historical Society. Retrieved 22 June 2014.


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