Hartford in Lyon County, Kansas — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)
Hartford Collegiate Institute
Built c. 1861
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., June 10, 2012
1. Hartford Collegiate Institute NRHP Marker
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Education.
Location. 38° 18.456′ N, 95° 57.368′ W. Marker is in Hartford, Kansas, in Lyon County. It is on College Street south of Plumb Avenue, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Hartford KS 66854, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Kansas’ Flint Hills. It is also in the American Midwest, in the Corn Belt, on the prairies, and on the Southern Plains. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Louisiana Purchase.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 14 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: All Veterans Tribute (approx. 0.3 miles away); Welcome to Flint Hills National Wildlife Refuge (approx. 2½ miles away); Tallgrass Prairie (approx. 2½ miles away); Managing Moist Soil Areas (approx. 2½ miles away); Civil War Memorial (approx. 8.8 miles away); World War II Memorial (approx. 9.2 miles away); City of Lebo (approx. 9.2 miles away); Lamont School (approx. 13.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Hartford.
Also see . . .
1. Hartford Collegiate Institute: National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form. Kansas Historical Society website entry:
(Submitted on March 19, 2015, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
2. Hartford Collegiate Institute. Blackmar's Kansas Cyclopedia
this page online
3. Hartford. Cutler's History of Kansas (1883) entry (Submitted on March 19, 2015, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., June 10, 2012
2. Hartford Collegiate Institute and Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on June 11, 2022. It was originally submitted on March 19, 2015, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 663 times since then and 47 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on March 19, 2015, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
