Friend, Kansas
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'''Friend''' is an [[unincorporated area|unincorporated]] [[community]] in [[Finney County, Kansas|Finney County]], [[Kansas]], [[United States]]. The town is located next to [[U.S. Route 83]] and the North Line of the [[Garden City Western Railway]], south to the [[county]] line of [[Scott County, Kansas|Scott County]]. Other nearby communities include [[Shallow Water, Kansas|Shallow Water]] to the north and [[Tennis, Kansas|Tennis]] to the south.
Originally the town was named '''McCue''' after [[Basil M. McCue]] of [[Hastings, Nebraska|Hastings]], [[Nebraska]] who was the organizer of the [[Garden City Gulf & Northern Railroad]]. The [[Santa Fe Railroad]] changed the name to ''Friend'' when it took over the [[railway]] line between [[Garden City, Kansas|Garden City]] and [[Scott City, Kansas|Scott City]].
==External links==
* [http://www.kansastowns.us/hdkt/townm.html Historical Directory of Kansas Towns (M)]
* [http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/archives/1919ks/m/mccuebm.html Basil M. McCue at A Standard History of Kansas and Kansans]
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