Berryton, Kansas

Berryton is an unincorporated community in Shawnee County, Kansas, United States.[1] It is located east of the Topeka Regional Airport.

Berryton, Kansas
Unincorporated community
Berryton (2010)
KDOT map of Shawnee County (legend)
Berryton
Berryton
Coordinates: 38°56′27″N 95°37′54″W[1]
CountryUnited States
StateKansas
CountyShawnee
TownshipMonmouth
Elevation997 ft (304 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code785
FIPS code20-06300 [1]
GNIS ID479067 [1]

History

Berryton was laid out in 1888 and named for its two founders, George Washington Berry and his son George Webster Berry.[2][3] The first post office in Berryton was established in May 1888.[4] In 1912 the town was described as, "a little village of Shawnee county, is a station on the Missouri Pacific R. R., 9 miles southeast of the city of Topeka. It has a money order postoffice with one rural delivery route, and is a trading center for the neighborhood in which it is located. The population in 1910 was 75."[5]

It currently has a post office and elementary school.

Demographics

Berryton is part of the Topeka, Kansas Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Education

The community is served by Shawnee Heights USD 450 public school district. The Shawnee Heights High School mascot is Thunderbirds.[6]

Berryton High School was closed through school unification. The Berryton Buffaloes[7] won the Kansas State High School class B baseball championship in 1951.[8]

References
  1. Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) details for Berryton, Kansas; United States Geological Survey (USGS); October 13, 1978.
  2. Duncan, Spencer L. (2005). Historic Shawnee County: The Story of Topeka & Shawnee County. HPN Books. p. 73.
  3. From Berry Creek to Berryton: A History of the Settlements in Shawnee County, Kansas, Founded by George Washington Berry and His Son, George Webster Berry
  4. "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961". Kansas Historical Society. Archived from the original on October 9, 2013. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
  5. Frank Wilson Blackmar (1912). Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Embracing Events, Institutions, Industries, Counties, Cities, Towns, Prominent Persons, Etc. ... with a Supplementary Volume Devoted to Selected Personal History and Reminiscence. Standard publishing Company. p. 176. ISBN 978-0-7222-4905-5.
  6. "Shawnee Heights USD #450". USD 450. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  7. "Berryton High School". classmates. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
  8. "Baseball". KSHSAA. Retrieved 6 January 2017.

Further reading
See also: List of books about Shawnee County, Kansas
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