Welcome to Swifton ...

So far, we found very little information about Swifton. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Swifton to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Swifton - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Swifton, please Contact Us.

While we don't have the exact location of Swifton , we believe that it would have been located within present day Nemaha County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Swifton, you might consider that their post office opened in 1896.

The Area Code where Swifton was located: 785

Communities Also Named Swifton ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Swifton - they are located in Arkansas, Georgia and Kentucky.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Swifton.

Adding Swifton to Our Gazetteer ...

As we work on our Gazetteer, we occasionally find mention of a community that is new to us. When we find such a community, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope of adding more information in the future.

The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Swifton was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

X2X - From that list, the Swifton post office opened in 1896.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Swifton.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for State of Kansas: https://portal.kansas.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>	We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Swifton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>	If you're interested in how the shape of Kansas' counties, including Nemaha, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/