Pence or Pence City
This town site was platted on October
27, 1886 with the hopes that the Missouri Pacific Railroad would
build its tracks westward through the area. However, the tracks
were angled southward towards Scott City from Healy. It did become
a thriving town with various businesses such as a livery stable,
a hotel, a bank, a church and a newspaper. On June 3, 1915, the
Pence Church and the town were destroyed by a tornado.
The ethnicity of its settlers is not
known.
Sources
History of Early Scott County
by the Scott County Historical Society, Inc., 1977
Scott County, Kansas Centennial Book - Celebrating 100 Years:
1886-1986 by the Scott County Centennial Commission, Inc., 1986
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