Runnymede, Kansas
Runnymede is an unincorporated community in Harper County, Kansas, United States.[1] It is located northeast of Harper along K-2 state highway at the intersection of NE 140 Rd and NE 60 Ave.
History
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Runnymede was touted by an Irish promoter as a planned community in Kansas to wealthy Irish and Great British families in the
A post office was opened in Runnymede in 1879, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1944.[3]
The community was named after Runnymede in England.[4]
William Desmond Taylor joined the Runnymede community in August 1891.[5]
Area attractions
- Kansas Historical Marker - Old Runnymede.[6]
- Old Runnymede Church, located in Harper, Kansas.
Education
The community is served by Chaparral USD 361 public school district.
References
- ^ "Runnymede, Kansas", Geographic Names Information System, United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior
- ^ "Early History - The Runnymede in Kansas", 2007. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
- ^ "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961 (archived)". Kansas Historical Society. Archived from the original on October 9, 2013. Retrieved June 11, 2014.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Profile for Runnymede, Kansas". ePodunk. Retrieved June 11, 2014.
- ^ On August 8, 1891 Taylor (as W. Deane Tanner) sailed to New York from Liverpool on the RMS Umbria with F. J. S. Turnly, per passenger lists. Taylor's arrival at Runnymede was noted (as Tanner) in the Harper Sentinel on August 28, 1891. In a 1914 Hollywood interview, Taylor briefly discussed his time spent at Runnymede. "William D. Taylor: Actor, Athlete, and Irishman", Movie Pictorial, 6 June 1914.
- ^ Kansas Historical Marker - Old Runnymede
Further reading
- Miller, Nyle H. (Spring 1975). "An English Runnymede in Kansas". The Kansas Historical Quarterly. XLI (1). Topeka, Kansas: The Kansas State Historical Society: 22–62. Retrieved May 31, 2020.
- Miller, Nyle H. (Summer 1975). "An English Runnymede in Kansas—Concluded". The Kansas Historical Quarterly. XLI (2). Topeka, Kansas: The Kansas State Historical Society: 183–224. Retrieved May 31, 2020.
- McNeal, T. A. (1922), "The Kansas Runnymede", When Kansas was Young, New York: The Macmillan Company, pp. 57–61
- Way, Herbert W. L. (1912), "With Kansas Cattle Punchers; Farming a Desert", Round the World for Gold: A Search for Minerals from Kansas to Cathay, London: Sampson, Low, Marston & Co., Ltd., pp. 3–27 Written by a former resident of Runnymede.
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