Country United States County Sumner Local time Monday 1:56 AM | State Kansas Time zone Central (CST) (UTC-6) | |
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Corbin is an unincorporated community in Sumner County, Kansas, United States. The post office was established February 6, 1884, and discontinued February 16, 1975. The nearby Spring Creek School is on the National Register of Historic Places.
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Map of Corbin, KS 67022, USA
19th century
In 1887, the Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska Railway built a branch line north-south from Herington through Corbin to Caldwell. It foreclosed in 1891 and was taken over by Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway, which shut down in 1980 and reorganized as Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas Railroad, merged in 1988 with Missouri Pacific Railroad, merged in 1997 with Union Pacific Railroad. Most locals still refer to this railroad as the "Rock Island".
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Corbin, Kansas Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA