Belvoir, Kansas

Belvoir, Kansas
Ghost town
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Coordinates: 38°55′13″N 95°25′41″W[1]
Country	United States
State	Kansas
County	Douglas
Elevation [1]	876 ft (267 m)
Population
• Total	0
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code	785
GNIS ID	481830 [1]

Belvoir is a ghost town in Douglas County, Kansas, United States.

History

The first settlement at Belvoir was made in the 1850s.^[2] A post office was created at Belvoir in 1869. It stayed until 1903.^[3] The community was named after Belvoir, the plantation home of William Fairfax in Virginia.^[4]

References

1. Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) details for Belvoir, Kansas; United States Geological Survey (USGS); October 13, 1978.
2. History of the State of Kansas: Containing a Full Account of Its Growth from an Uninhabited Territory to a Wealthy and Important State. A. T. Andreas. 1883. p. 359.
3. "Douglas County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
4. Chambers, Mary Elizabeth; Tompkins, Sally Kress (1977). The Cultural Resources of Clinton Lake, Kansas: An Inventory of Archaeology, History, and Architecture. The Institute. p. 39.