Farmer City, Kansas
Encyclopedia
Farmer City was a community in Wichita County
, Kansas
, United States
. It was hoped that it would become the county seat — a compromise between the fighting towns of Leoti
and Coronado
. Soon after Leoti won the fight, Farmer City and most of Coronado vanished.
Wichita County, Kansas
Wichita County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. As of the 2010 census, the county population was 2,234...
, 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...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. It was hoped that it would become the county seat — a compromise between the fighting towns of Leoti
Leoti, Kansas
Leoti, pronounced "Lee-oh-TAH", is a city in and the county seat of Wichita County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 1,534.- History :...
and Coronado
Coronado, Kansas
Coronado, now a siding on the Union Pacific railroad in Wichita County, Kansas, United States, was once a thriving community. Platted in 1885, Coronado was involved in the bloodiest county seat fight in the history of the American West. The shoot-out on February 27, 1887, with boosters—some...
. Soon after Leoti won the fight, Farmer City and most of Coronado vanished.