Kansas Gazetteer
Higgins Bluff is a physical feature (cliff) in Osborne County. The primary coordinates for Higgins Bluff places it within the KS 67437 ZIP Code delivery area.
| Feature Name: | Higgins Bluff |
| Category: | Kansas physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Cliff |
| Description: | located in Ross Township, on the S end of a prominent hill 4.3 mi. NE of Downs; Secs 2&18, T6S, R11W, Sixth Principal Meridian |
| History: | Named for buffalo hunter John Higgins (d.1870) who was killed by American Indians and buried at the foot of the hill. |
| County: | Osborne County |
| Latitude: | 39.5569444 |
| Longitude: | -98.5211111 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Higgins Bluff: Higgins Bluff.
Note that you do not have the right to enter private property without the owner's permission. You do have a right to access goverment property that is open to the general public. The GNIS Feature Detail Report for Higgins Bluff does not include property ownership information.
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Downs, KS
(4.1 miles SSW) Cawker City, KS (5.6 miles ESE) Portis, KS (9.2 miles W) Ionia, KS (11.8 miles NE) Glen Elder, KS (12 miles ESE) |
Osborne, KS
(12.4 miles SW) Tipton, KS (15.1 miles S) Lebanon, KS (17.6 miles N) Gaylord, KS (18.4 miles WNW) Esbon, KS (18.9 miles NNE) |
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Dispatch, KS
(2.7 miles NNE) Dentonia, KS (9.3 miles NNE) Corinth, KS (9.9 miles S) Forney, KS (11.1 miles SSW) Harlan, KS (13.5 miles WNW) |
Bloomington, KS
(16 miles WSW) Solomon Rapids, KS (18.5 miles ESE) Bellaire, KS (18.6 miles NNW) Blue Hill, KS (19.2 miles SSE) |
