Castleton, Kansas

<h2 id="history">History</h2>
<p>Castleton was a station and shipping point on the Hutchinson & Blackwell division of the <a href="/facts/Atchison%2c_Topeka_and_Santa_Fe_Railway/74eCYkC8">Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a>  It was originally platted by Clinton C. Hutchinson around 1871.
</p><p>The post office was established December 6, 1872, remained in operation until it was discontinued on June 28, 1957.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a>  In 1971, the post office building was moved to the Barton County Historical Society Museum and Village in <a href="/facts/Great_Bend%2c_Kansas/VRJF0N4T">Great Bend, Kansas</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a>
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<h2 id="education">Education</h2>
<p>The community is served by <a href="/facts/Pretty_Prairie_USD_311/cXnqzb9H">Pretty Prairie USD 311</a> public school district.  
</p><p>Castleton High School closed in 1954, the mascot was the Pirates, colors red & blue. Castleton Grade School closed in 1970, most students transferred to Pretty Prairie school district.
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<h2 id="in-popular-culture">In popular culture</h2>
<p>Castleton was the setting for "Sevillinois, Illinois 1895" in the movie <i><a href="/facts/Wait_Till_the_Sun_Shines%2c_Nellie_(film)/PVQ4R5s9">Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie</a></i> filmed in 1952.
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<h2 id="notable-people">Notable people</h2>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Larry_Foss/rbzdXH8G">Larry Foss</a>, former <a href="/facts/MLB/4WW9yef3">MLB</a> pitcher with the <a href="/facts/Pittsburgh_Pirates/4k1sk2bJ">Pittsburgh Pirates</a> and <a href="/facts/New_York_Mets/hYIMH7kG">New York Mets</a>.</li></ul>

<h2 id="further-reading">Further reading</h2>
<p class="note">See also: <a href="/facts/Reno_County%2c_Kansas/UFly0ral">List of books about Reno County, Kansas</a></p>
<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>
<ul><li>Reno County maps: <a href="https://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/county-pdf/reno.PDF">Current</a>, <a href="https://www.ksdot.org/bureaus/burtransplan/maps/PastPublishedCounty.asp">Historic</a>, KDOT</li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>"Castleton, Kansas", Geographic Names Information System, United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior <a href="https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/search/names/473798" target="_blank">https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/search/names/473798</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>Blackmar, Frank Wilson (1912). Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Embracing Events, Institutions, Industries, Counties, Cities, Towns, Prominent Persons, Etc. Standard Publishing Company. pp. 299. <a href="https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_o8X5krq3fP8C" target="_blank">https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_o8X5krq3fP8C</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:3"><p>"Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961". Kansas Historical Society. Retrieved 22 June 2014. <a href="http://www.kshs.org/geog/geog_postoffices/search/page:1/county:RN" target="_blank">http://www.kshs.org/geog/geog_postoffices/search/page:1/county:RN</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:4"><p>"The village and its buildings". Barton County Historical Society. Archived from the original on 22 June 2014. Retrieved 22 June 2014. <a href="https://archive.today/20140622222336/http://bartoncountymuseum.org/buildings.html" target="_blank">https://archive.today/20140622222336/http://bartoncountymuseum.org/buildings.html</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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