Rice, Kansas

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

This article is about the community in northern Kansas. For the county in central Kansas, see Rice County, Kansas.
Rice, Kansas
Unincorporated community
Rice
Location within the state of Kansas
Rice
Rice (the United States)
Coordinates: 39°34′20″N 97°33′20″W
CountryUnited States
StateKansas
CountyCloud
Time zoneUTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
General store and Post Office in Rice.

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

Further reading
See also: List of books about Cloud County, Kansas


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