Asherville | Beloit
| Blue Hill | Cawker
City
| Glen Elder | Hunter
| Mennonite Community
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| Victor
Homesteading in Mitchell County
Hunter
Hunter had been settled in the 1870's
by settlers who built sod houses to live in. The town was named
for Al Hunter, one of the original settlers, in 1880. A general
store and a hardware store were among the businesses that were
built.
In 1916, the Salina-Osborne Railroad
was building a line through the county, and Old Hunter was about
4 miles from it. The townspeople moved the town site 4 miles west
to be close to the rail line. (New) Hunter was organized as a
third class city on January 9, 1919.
The ethnicity of its settlers is unknown.
Sources
"History of Hunter, Kansas
and it's Surrounding Communities." Cawker City, KS: Cawker
City Ledger, 1970.
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