Greensburg
Founded on a section meant for a school, Greensburg
was laid out by the Greensburg Town Company in either 1884 or
1885. A town site two miles to the west, Janesville, had been
laid out by Jacob Barney in 1884. "Cannonball" Green,
a member of the Greensburg Town Company, told the citizens of
Janesville that if they moved to Greensburg they could get the
title to their land a year earlier. Janesville ceased to exist
and Greensburg organized its town site on June 18, 1886. It was
named for a pioneer stage coach driver "Cannonball"
Green.
The Chicago, Kansas & Nebraska Railroad constructed
a track to Greensburg in 1887.
90% to 95% of the town of Greensburg was destroyed by an EF5 tornado on May 4, 2007. In the midst of this tragedy, residents are planning to rebuild.
The ethnicity of its settlers is unknown.
Sources
"A History of Kiowa County
1880-1980: A Chronicle of Kiowa County written by Kith, Kin and
Kind Friends". Lubbock, TX: Taylor Publishing Co., 1979.
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