Editing Barnard, Kansas (section)

==History==
Barnard was first settled in 1888 when a rail line of the Chicago, Kansas & Western Railroad Company reached the town, and it was incorporated as a city in 1904.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_o8X5krq3fP8C | title=Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Embracing Events, Institutions, Industries, Counties, Cities, Towns, Prominent Persons, Etc. | publisher=Standard Publishing Company | author=Blackmar, Frank Wilson | year=1912 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_o8X5krq3fP8C/page/n147 151]}}</ref> Barnard was named for J.F. Barnard, a railroad employee.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=4454 | title=Profile for Barnard, Kansas | publisher=[[ePodunk]] | accessdate=13 June 2014}}</ref>

The [[Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway]] acquired the C,K & W.R. in 1901. The railroad applied to abandon the 43.38 mile "Minneapolis District" line from [[Manchester, Kansas|Manchester]] to Barnard in 1983.<ref name="abandon">[https://www.abandonedrails.com/minneapolis-district The Minneapolis District], Abandoned Rails, Retrieved 21 February 2022</ref>