Abandoned Record
About Cicero
Cicero is an unincorporated community in Sumner County, Kansas, United States. It is located approximately four miles northeast of Wellington at about 2.5 miles east of the intersection of U.S. Route 81 and E 50th Ave N, adjacent to the railroad.
This is a site record: what public sources say about Cicero, 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 Cicero is
Historic maps
5 historic USGS maps cover Cicero
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.
- 1890 Wellington sheet, 1:125,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1955 Wichita sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1958 Wichita sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1964 Dalton sheet, 1:24,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1985 Wellington 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 Cicero
Straight-line distance to other mapped sites in our Kansas index.
Sources
Sources
- ghosttowns.com, "Cicero": county, roads, climate, best time to visit, remains.
- Wikipedia, "Cicero, Kansas": coordinates and summary.
- Wikidata Q17986490.
- USGS GNIS 484504.
- USGS 3D Elevation Program, elevation at the coordinates.
- USGS The National Map and Historical Topographic Map Collection (public domain).