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Buxton is an unincorporated community in Wilson County, Kansas, United States.

History

Buxton had its start in the year 1866 by the building of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway through that territory. Buxton was named for a railroad official.

The post office in Buxton was discontinued in 1921.

References

1. "Buxton, Kansas", Geographic Names Information System, United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior
2. Blackmar, Frank Wilson (1912). Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Embracing Events, Institutions, Industries, Counties, Cities, Towns, Prominent Persons, Etc. Standard Publishing Company. p. 267. ISBN 9780722249055.
3. Duncan, L. Wallace (1902). History of Neosho and Wilson Counties, Kansas. Monitor Printing Company. p. 881.
4. "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961". Kansas Historical Society. Archived from the original on October 9, 2013. Retrieved June 20, 2014.

Further reading

External links

• Wilson County maps: Current, Historic, KDOT

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County seat: Fredonia
Cities	Altoona Benedict Buffalo Coyville Fredonia Neodesha New Albany
CDP	Lafontaine
Unincorporated communities	Buxton Rest Roper Vilas
Townships	Cedar Center Chetopa Clifton Colfax Duck Creek Fall River Guilford Neodesha Newark Pleasant Valley Prairie Talleyrand Verdigris Webster
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