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Sheridan

Ghost town · Logan County, Kansas

Mc Allaster SE quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1969, 1:24,000)
Mc Allaster SE quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1969, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Sheridan is a ghost town in Logan County, Kansas, recorded as unincorporated community in Kansas, United States. It is the only former community in Logan County recorded on the federal names register, out of 127 across Kansas.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Sheridan as a historical populated place: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 39.0236° N, 101.3631° W.

Key facts

Elevation3,106 ft
Nearest living townWinona, KS
Distance to it6.9 miles
Coordinates39.02361, -101.36306

Open the location on a map

Then and now

Drag the slider: the old USGS map on the left, the same ground from the air today on the right. Both cover the same 1.9-mile square centred on the recorded location.

Sheridan today, aerial view
Mc Allaster SE quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1969, 1:24,000)

Left: Mc Allaster SE quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1969, 1:24,000), U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection. Right: The same ground today: NAIP aerial imagery, USDA Farm Service Agency, National Agriculture Imagery Program (via USGS). Both public domain.

What's there now

Sheridan is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Winona, KS (population 183), about 6.9 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 3,106 feet above sea level. The aerial view above shows what covers the ground today. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

Nearby places

Sources and licences

Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-06.