Blaine was, like most Kansas ghost towns, founded after the US Civil War. It was a railroad town along the SantaFe Line. At one point the population reached 200. Submitted by: M.E. Creese

UPDATE: The rail line that ran through Blaine KS was built as a narrow-gauge railroad called the Kansas Central. It was standard-gauged by the Union Pacific and was finally abandoned in 1934. Another little railroad was built from Blaine seven miles south to Westmoreland called the Kansas, Southern & Gulf Railway. It was later changed to the Westmoreland Interurban Railway and used a touring car and trailer on railroad wheels to move freight. It was torn up in 1915.

Submitted by Robert Chitwood