Stickney, Kansas

Stickney is an unincorporated area in Wheatland Township, Barton County, Kansas, United States. It is the site of a grain elevator, but there is no community or settlement at Stickney.

History
A post office opened at Stickney in 1898 and remained in operation until 1913.

Geography
Stickney is 1 mi east of U.S. Route 281 and 19 mi north of Great Bend, the county seat.

Stickney lies roughly 1.5 mi east of Sellens Creek, a tributary of the Smoky Hill River, in the Smoky Hills region of the Great Plains.

Transportation
Stickney lies at the intersection of NW 190 Road, a paved east–west county road, and NW 30 Avenue, an unpaved north–south county road.

The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway formerly operated a freight rail line that ran east–west through Stickney, but the line has since been removed.