Editing Galatia, Kansas (section)

==History==
Settler David C. Barrows founded the community and laid out the town site in 1885.<ref name=Heritage>{{cite web | title = Barton County | work = Kansas Heritage Project | publisher = [[Fort Hays State University]] | url = http://fhsuguides.fhsu.edu/kansasheritage/bartoncounty | accessdate = 2015-07-22}}</ref> Originally named '''Four Corners''', settler Henry G. Weber renamed it '''Galatia''' after his hometown of [[Galatia, Illinois]].<ref name=Heritage/><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=4644 | title=Profile for Galatia, Kansas | publisher=[[ePodunk]] | accessdate=4 June 2014 | archive-date=June 19, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170619170355/http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=4644 | url-status=dead }}</ref> The first building constructed was a [[Church of the United Brethren in Christ|United Brethren]] church.<ref name=Heritage/> A post office was established at Galatia in 1889.<ref name=Post>{{cite web |url=http://www.kshs.org/geog/geog_postoffices/search/county:BT |title=Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961 (archived) |publisher=Kansas Historical Society |access-date=4 June 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131009134252/http://www.kshs.org/geog/geog_postoffices/search/county%3ABT |archive-date=October 9, 2013 }}</ref> The [[Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway]] extended a rail line to Galatia (from Holyrood 31.20 miles away) on July 1, 1919, and the town grew to include three grain elevators, a bank, a lumberyard, and three general stores. By 1921, the population had grown to 202. After that, however, the population began to decline.<ref name=Heritage/> The post office closed in 1966.<ref name=Post/>