Carlton, Kansas - Dickinson County

There’s more activity in Carlton that you’d guess from this photo. Across the street is a large COOP (picture tomorrow) that seems to be busy. But this old tin-clad post office is what stopped me. Carlton is thought to have been named after a blacksmith who ran a nearby post office. Long ago, the town was a stop along the way for Texas to Abilene cattle drives.

The north side of the street in downtown Carlton

Carlton Elevators, in the foreground is the old Missouri Pacific railroad bed.