Hackney is an unincorporated community in Cowley County, Kansas, United States.[1]
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 Aerial view of Hackney, including Strother Field industrial park and airport | |
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| Coordinates: 37°10′27″N 97°1′52″W / 37.17417°N 97.03111°W[1] | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Kansas |
| County | Cowley |
| Elevation | 1,099 ft (335 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| Area code | 620 |
| FIPS code | 20-29375 |
| GNIS ID | 470349 [1] |
History
editThe town was named after William P. Hackney, a colorful frontier lawyer and politician from Cowley County.[citation needed] 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.
Education
editThe community is served by Winfield USD 465 public school district.
References
edit- ^ a b c d U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hackney, Kansas
- ^ Blackmar, Frank Wilson (1912). Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Embracing Events, Institutions, Industries, Counties, Cities, Towns, Prominent Persons, Etc. Standard Publishing Company. pp. 800.
- ^ "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961 (archived)". Kansas Historical Society. Archived from the original on October 9, 2013. Retrieved June 6, 2014.
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