Editing Moline, Kansas (section)

==History==
Moline is located on a slightly elevated plateau in the valley of Wildcat Creek, named so by the indigenous Native Americans because of the prominent number of wildcats ([[Bobcat|bobcat]]s) that lived along the stream. In early 1879 as the Santa Fe Railway extended westward from [[Independence, Missouri]], towns sprang up vigorously along the line.<ref>Mann, Henrietta. ''A Brief Historical Sketch of the Settlements of Elk County'' (Pittsburg: Master's Thesis, Kansas State Teachers College, 1940).</ref> The Land and Town Company chartered the land for the city on July 21, 1879 and laid out the town.<ref>*Rydjord, John (1972). Kansas Place-Names. University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, Oklahoma. p. 282. {{ISBN|0-8061-0994-7}}.</ref> The name Moline was decided upon at the suggestion of Mr. J.F. Chapman, of the original town company, who came from the area of [[Moline, Illinois]], and because the farmers in the area largely used the [[Moline Plow Company|Moline plow]].<ref>"Transactions of the Kansas State Historical Society: 1901-1902, Together with Addresses at Annual Meetings, Memorials, and Miscellaneous Papers." Vol. VII, Topeka: W.Y. Morgan, State Printer 1902.</ref>

The first post office in Moline was established in September 1879.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kshs.org/geog/geog_postoffices/search/county:EK |title=Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961 (archived) |publisher=Kansas Historical Society |accessdate=8 June 2014 |url-status=unfit |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131009134609/http://www.kshs.org/geog/geog_postoffices/search/county:EK |archivedate=October 9, 2013 }}</ref>