Walsburg, Riley County

Adcock, Tamar

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Walsburg, Riley County

Adcock, Tamar

Swedish settlers founded Walsburg in 1866, naming it after nearby Walnut Creek. A small Swedish community grew there for decades. However, after the Union Pacific Railroad left town in 1935, Walsburg declined and became a lost community.

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Tamar Adcock, “Walsburg, Riley County,” Chapman Center Research Collections, https://ccrsresearchcollections.omeka.net/items/show/147.

Keywords: Church; Riley County; Swedes; Union Pacific Railroad; Walsburg; Kansas

Date: 2012

Publisher URL: https://ccrsresearchcollections.omeka.net/items/show/147

Record URL: https://hdl.handle.net/2097/41108

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