COVERT
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NAME: Covert COUNTY: Osborne ROADS: 2WD GRID: 1 CLIMATE: Moderate winters, beautiful springs and hot summers BEST TIME TO VISIT: Be careful of the heat in the summer. |
COMMENTS:
There are neighbors and farms around the town site but no one living within the town itself. There are approximately 6 buildings in the town site, some with markers and some without. REMAINS: @ six buildings |
| Covert was founded in 1880 and survived for many years as a ranching and farming service center for the majority of south-central Osborne County. It never grew to have more than 150 people and so never incorporated as a city, but remained a quiet -well, relatively quiet - village. In 1915 a rural high school district was organized and for the next 35 years the school actually eclipsed agricultural services as the town's main employer, a phenomenon that may be unique in the annals of Kansas history. The burning of the high school in 1951 and the subsequent vote to close the school the next year effectively killed the town. The last general store closed its doors in 1960 and the post office was permanently closed in 1966. Submitted by: Dave LaForest |
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