Abandoned Record
About Blaine
Blaine is an unincorporated community in Pottawatomie County, Kansas, United States. It is located 29 miles northeast of Manhattan at the crossroads of K-99 and K-16.
This is a site record: what public sources say about Blaine, gathered in one place. We haven't written a full guide yet, so history, current access and photos are still to come. Treat the status as unknown until a guide confirms it.
Map
Where Blaine is
Historic maps
9 historic USGS maps cover Blaine
Topographic sheets from the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection (public domain), oldest first. Older sheets often show the camp, mines and roads while the place was alive. The downloads are large map scans; USGS topoView shows them in the browser.
- 1889 Wamego sheet, 1:125,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1894 Wamego sheet, 1:125,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1955 Manhattan sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1956 Manhattan sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1957 Manhattan sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1964 Westmoreland sheet, 1:24,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1985 Manhattan sheet, 1:100,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1986 Blue Rapids sheet, 1:100,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1990 Manhattan sheet, 1:100,000 · GeoTIFF download
Directions
Getting there
Before you go
- Many ghost town sites are on private land, active mining claims or tribal land. Check land status and ask permission.
- Roads to old townsites are often unmaintained dirt. Map apps may route over closed or impassable tracks.
- Removing artifacts from public land is illegal under federal and most state laws.
Nearby
Other sites near Blaine
Straight-line distance to other mapped sites in our Kansas index.
Sources
Sources
- ghosttowns.com, "Blaine": county, roads, climate, best time to visit, remains.
- Wikipedia, "Blaine, Kansas": coordinates and summary.
- Wikidata Q17510325.
- USGS GNIS 473415.
- USGS 3D Elevation Program, elevation at the coordinates.
- USGS The National Map and Historical Topographic Map Collection (public domain).