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Bayard, Kansas
KDOT map of Allen County (legend)
Bayard, Kansas is located in Kansas
Bayard, Kansas
Bayard, Kansas
Location in Kansas
Bayard, Kansas is located in the United States
Bayard, Kansas
Bayard, Kansas
Location in the United States
Country United States
State Kansas
County Allen
Township Osage
Elevation
1,017 ft (310 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code 620
FIPS code 20-04650
GNIS ID 482698

Bayard is an unincorporated community in Allen County, Kansas, United States.

History

In 1910, Bayard was a station on the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad with a money order postoffice with one rural route, an express office, and some mercantile interests. It was a shipping point for the surrounding agricultural district. The population that year was reported as 50.

A post office was opened in Front (an extinct town) in June 1886, but it was moved to Bayard in August 1887 and remained in operation until it was discontinued in April 1943.

Geography

Bayard is located in Section 36, Township 23 south, Range 20 east and Section 1, Township 24 south, Range 20 east. It is situated along the northern bank of a minor creek which empties into the South Fork Little Osage River. Contained entirely within Osage Township in Allen County, it is about 15 miles northeast of Iola (the county seat). Bayard lies less than a mile east of U.S. Route 59 (a north–south route) where Texas Road crosses a Union Pacific railroad. The tiny incorporated city of Mildred is just 2 miles to the north along US-59, and the larger city of Moran is more than 5 miles to the south.

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