Abandoned Record
About Lerado
Lerado is an unincorporated community in Reno County, Kansas, United States. Early residents intended to name the community for Laredo, Texas, but a clerical error by the post office resulted in the E and A being swapped.
This is a site record: what public sources say about Lerado, 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 Lerado is
Historic maps
6 historic USGS maps cover Lerado
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.
- 1892 Kingman sheet, 1:125,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1894 Kingman sheet, 1:125,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1955 Pratt sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1959 Pratt sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1971 Langdon sheet, 1:24,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1985 Pratt 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 Lerado
Straight-line distance to other mapped sites in our Kansas index.
Sources
Sources
- ghosttowns.com, "Lerado": county, roads, climate, best time to visit, remains.
- Wikipedia, "Lerado, Kansas": coordinates and summary.
- Wikidata Q18154423.
- USGS GNIS 484654.
- USGS 3D Elevation Program, elevation at the coordinates.
- USGS The National Map and Historical Topographic Map Collection (public domain).