Abandoned Record
About Wilburton
Wilburton is an unincorporated community in Morton County, Kansas, United States, located along U.S. Route 56 highway and the Cimarron Valley Railroad, 9 miles (14 km) northeast of Elkhart.
This is a site record: what public sources say about Wilburton, 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 Wilburton is
Historic maps
5 historic USGS maps cover Wilburton
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.
- 1955 Dodge City sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1958 Dodge City sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1959 Dodge City sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1974 Wilburton sheet, 1:24,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1983 Hugoton 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 Wilburton
Straight-line distance to other mapped sites in our Kansas index.
- Woodsdale29.0 mi NE · Stevens
Sources
Sources
- ghosttowns.com, "Wilburton": county, roads, climate, best time to visit, remains.
- Wikipedia, "Wilburton, Kansas": coordinates and summary.
- Wikidata Q8000272.
- USGS GNIS 484535.
- USGS 3D Elevation Program, elevation at the coordinates.
- USGS The National Map and Historical Topographic Map Collection (public domain).