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Welcome to Huscher ...

Huscher is located in Cloud County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Huscher, you might consider that their post office opened in 1892.

Huscher is 1,450 feet [442 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Huscher lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Huscher: 785

Communities near Huscher ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Huscher.

  • Concordia
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Clyde
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Clifton
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Miltonvale
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Glasco
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Glasco is located in Cloud County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glasco
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 448 people
    • Former names for Glasco:
    • Dell Ray
    • Glasgow
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Glasco <3>
  • Delphos
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Jamestown
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Jamestown is located in Cloud County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 258 people
  • Agenda
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Agenda is located in Republic County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agenda
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 64 people
  • Aurora
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Aurora is located in Cloud County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aurora
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 55 people
  • Vining
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Vining is located in Clay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vining
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 42 people

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Huscher. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Huscher.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Huscher. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Huscher.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Huscher. See our Newspapers Page for Huscher.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Huscher ...

Looking for more information about Huscher? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Huscher, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Huscher.

Adding Huscher to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Huscher in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Huscher was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Huscher post office opened in 1892. The Huscher post office closed in 1934.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Huscher.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kansas' counties, including Cloud, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Huscher - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/