Abandoned Record
About Sun City
Sun City is a city in Sun City Township, Barber County, Kansas, United States, along the Medicine Lodge River. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 37.
This is a site record: what public sources say about Sun City, 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 Sun City is
Historic maps
6 historic USGS maps cover Sun City
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.
- 1891 Medicine Lodge sheet, 1:125,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1893 Medicine Lodge sheet, 1:125,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1955 Pratt sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1959 Pratt sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1968 Sun City sheet, 1:24,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1985 Medicine Lodge 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.
Sources
Sources
- ghosttowns.com, "Sun City": county, roads, climate, best time to visit, remains.
- Wikipedia, "Sun City, Kansas": coordinates and summary.
- Wikidata Q2132017.
- USGS GNIS 470423.
- USGS 3D Elevation Program, elevation at the coordinates.
- USGS The National Map and Historical Topographic Map Collection (public domain).