What is Black Jack, Kansas?
'''Black Jack''' is an [[Unincorporated area|unincorporated community]] in [[Douglas County, Kansas|Douglas County]], in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Kansas]].<ref>{{GNIS|484893}}</ref> ==History== The [[Battle of Black Jack]] was fought near Black Jack Creek in 1856.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=iT8yAAAAIBAJ&sjid=pOUFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6851%2C5697762 | title=Only few of 45 county settlements left | work=Lawrence Journal-World | date=Jun 12, 1961 | access-date=1 November 2015 | author=Cleland, Nora | pages=12A}}</ref> Black Jack was created in 1857. It was named after nearby Black Jack Creek.<ref>{{cite book|title=History of the State of Kansas: Containing a Full Account of Its Growth from an Uninhabited Territory to a Wealthy and Important State|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5t09AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA355|year=1883|publisher=A. T. Andreas|page=355}}</ref> The creek was named for the Blackjack Oak trees along it.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Hughes|first1=John Taylor|last2=Connelley|first2=William Elsey|last3=Allen|first3=Dewitt Clinton|author4=Charles R. Morehead|title=Doniphan's Expedition and the Conquest of New Mexico and California|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4Ztz5znHbVAC&pg=PA633|year=1907|publisher=The author|page=633}}</ref> A post office was created at Black Jack in 1858. It continued to be used until 1895.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=KS&county=Douglas | title=Douglas County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | access-date=8 April 2015}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Douglas County, Kansas}} {{coord|38|46|04|N|95|06|57|W|type:city_region:US-KS_source:GNIS-enwiki|display=title}} [[Category:Unincorporated communities in Douglas County, Kansas]]