Eminence, Kansas facts for kids
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Eminence, Kansas
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 Eminence, Kansas
Location in Kansas
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| Country | United States |
| State | Kansas |
| County | Finney |
| Elevation | 2,608 ft (795 m) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 0 |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| Area code | 620 |
| GNIS ID | 485330 |
Eminence is a ghost town in Finney County, Kansas, United States.
History
Eminence was founded in 1887.
A post office was opened in Eminence in June 1887, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1942.
In popular culture
Eminence is the Federal Emergency Management Agency refugee center established to take evacuees from Denver, Colorado as the event of an explosion at a train derailment and the subsequent detonation of a smuggled Russian nuclear weapon which was in the derailment wreckage in the 1999 TV movie Atomic Train.
- Finney County Maps: Current, Historic, KDOT
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