Friend, Kansas

Friend, Kansas

Friend is an unincorporated community in Finney County, Kansas, United States. The town is located next to U.S. Route 83 and the North Line of the Garden City Western Railway, south to the county line of Scott County. Other nearby communities include Shallow Water to the north and Tennis to the south.

Originally the town was named McCue after Basil M. McCue of Hastings, Nebraska who was the organizer of the Garden City Gulf & Northern Railroad. The Santa Fe Railroad changed the name to "Friend" when it took over the railway line between Garden City and Scott City.

External links

* [http://www.kansastowns.us/hdkt/townm.html Historical Directory of Kansas Towns (M)]
* [http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/archives/1919ks/m/mccuebm.html Basil M. McCue at A Standard History of Kansas and Kansans]


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