Windhorst, Kansas

Windhorst (also known as Windthorst) is an unincorporated community in Ford County, Kansas, United States. The closest city is Spearville.

Windhorst, Kansas
Unincorporated community
KDOT map of Ford County (legend)
Windhorst
Windhorst
Coordinates: 37°47′07″N 99°38′31″W
CountryUnited States
StateKansas
CountyFord
Time zoneUTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code620

History

A post office was opened in Windhorst in 1898, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1905.[1]

The present-day community consists of a church, a school, a priest's house, and residential housing, but little more. It has no railroad station. The community is best known for the Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, which closed in 1997. It is listed in the National Register of Historic Places and can still be visited.[2]

Education

Windhorst is a part of USD 381 Spearville Schools. The Spearville High School mascot is the Royal Lancers.[3]

Windhorst schools were closed through school unification. The Windhorst High School mascot was Bluejays.[4] The Windhorst Bluejays won the Kansas State High School class B Baseball championship in 1956.[5]

References
  1. "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961, page 2". Kansas Historical Society. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  2. "Extinct Towns in Ford County, Kansas". Legends of Kansas. 2009-09-08. Retrieved 2009-09-08.
  3. "Spearville Schools USD 381". USD 381. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  4. "Rozel Pins Windhorst For Title", Great Bend Tribune, 13 February 1959, p.7.
  5. "Baseball". KSHSAA. Retrieved 6 January 2017.

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


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