Atchison County Lake – Horton KS

City:
Horton, KS

Site Type:
Parks and Recreation, Lakes and Ponds

New Deal Agencies:
Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs

Started:
1936

Quality of Information:
Good

Site Survival:
Extant

Description

The Works Progress Administration built the Decatur County lake in Decatur County KS, as part of Kansas’ Water Conservation Program.

 

Source notes

Kansas Emergency Relief Committee accomplishments movie - Kansas Memory

, accessed January 2022. 

Site originally submitted by Barbara Pendleton on January 16, 2022.

Location Info


4764 326th Rd.
Horton, KS 66439
Atchison County County

Location notes: General location marker

Coordinates: 38.53208, -98.72573

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