Lost Springs
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city in Marion County, Kansas, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Kansas
- County
- Marion
- Township
- Lost Springs
- Named after
- Nearby mineral spring
- Type
- Mayor–Council
- Total
- 0.22 sq mi (0.57 km )
- Land
- 0.22 sq mi (0.57 km )
- Water
- 0 sq mi (0.00 km )
- Elevation
- 1,490 ft (450 m)
- Density
- 250/sq mi (96/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( CST )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 (CDT)
- Fips code
- 20-42825
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Official name
- Lost Springs
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Marion County
- Population
- 55
- Area
- 0.594476
- Elevation
- 455
- Households
- 29
- Dialing code
- 785
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- Commons category
- Lost Springs, Kansas
- postal code
- 66859
- inception
- 1859-01-01
- P8168
- Sneaker
- water as percent of area
- 0
- per capita income
- 18404
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Encyclopedic overview
Lost Springs is a city in Marion County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 55. The city was named for a nearby lost spring that was a camping spot along the 19th century Santa Fe Trail. It is located south of Herington, approximately 0.6 mile west of the intersection of U.S. Route 77 (aka U.S. Route 56) highway and 340th Street, adjacent to the Union Pacific Railroad.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lost Springs” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.