Stickney, Kansas

Stickney is an unincorporated area in Wheatland Township, [Barton County, Kansas|Wheatland Township], Barton County, Kansas, United States. It is the site of a grain elevator, but there is no community or settlement at Stickney.

History

A post office opened at Stickney in 1898 and remained in operation until 1913.

Geography

Stickney is east of U.S. [Route 281 in Kansas|U.S. Route 281] and north of Great Bend, the county seat.
Stickney lies roughly east of Sellens Creek, a tributary of the Smoky Hill River, in the Smoky Hills region of the Great Plains.

Transportation

Stickney lies at the intersection of NW 190 Road, a paved east–west county road, and NW 30 Avenue, an unpaved north–south county road.
The Atchison, Topeka and [Santa Fe Railway] formerly operated a freight rail line that ran east–west through Stickney, but the line has since been removed.