Bigelow was a town in Marshall County

Marshall County, Kansas

Marshall County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. As of the 2010 census, the county population was 10,117. The largest city and county seat is Marysville.- History :...

, Kansas

Kansas

Kansas is a US state located in the Midwestern United States. It is named after the Kansas River which flows through it, which in turn was named after the Kansa Native American tribe, which inhabited the area. The tribe's name is often said to mean "people of the wind" or "people of the south...

. It was located six and a half miles southwest of Frankfort

Frankfort, Kansas

Frankfort is a city in Marshall County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 726.-Geography:Frankfort is located at...

. It was founded in 1881 and named for General Alfred Bigelow. It was known for its limestone

Limestone

Limestone is a sedimentary rock composed largely of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different crystal forms of calcium carbonate . Many limestones are composed from skeletal fragments of marine organisms such as coral or foraminifera....

 quarries and peaked in population in 1910 at 200. The post office closed in 1960 and the town was demolished during the construction of Tuttle Creek Lake

Tuttle Creek Lake

Tuttle Creek Lake is a reservoir on the Big Blue River 5 miles north of Manhattan, in the Flint Hills region of northeast Kansas. It was built and is operated by the Army Corps of Engineers for the purpose of flood control....

. All that remains is a historical marker at the intersection of 17th and Zenith Roads and Antioch Cemetery.