Editing McLouth, Kansas (section)

==History==
McLouth was founded in the 1880s.<ref name="Report" /><ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_Qi9cXyTWt9EC | title=Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Volume 2 | publisher=Standard Publishing Company | author=Blackmar, Frank Wilson | year=1912 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_Qi9cXyTWt9EC/page/n194 204]}}</ref> It was named for Amos McLouth, the original owner of the town site.<ref name="Report">{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_5zdAAQAAMAAJ | title=Biennial Report of the Board of Directors of the Kansas State Historical Society | publisher=Kansas State Printing Plant | author=Kansas State Historical Society | year=1916 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_5zdAAQAAMAAJ/page/n316 209]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=JroyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=hegFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6612%2C4399216 | title=What's in a name? Key elements of area history | work=Lawrence Journal-World | date=November 28, 1997 | access-date=28 April 2015 | author=Carpenter, Tim | pages=3B | archive-date=November 19, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211119131958/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=JroyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=hegFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6612%2C4399216 | url-status=live }}</ref>

The first post office in McLouth was established in May 1882.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kshs.org/geog/geog_postoffices/search/county:JF |title=Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961 (archived) |publisher=Kansas Historical Society |access-date=11 June 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131009125438/http://www.kshs.org/geog/geog_postoffices/search/county%3AJF |archive-date=9 October 2013 }}</ref>

Since 1957, McLouth has been the site of the Threshing Bee and Fall Festival, a celebration of antique farm machinery.