Urbana is a census-designated place (CDP) in Neosho County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 30.
History Urbana was platted in 1870. It was located on the Missouri Pacific Railroad.
A post office was opened in Urbana in 1870, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1957.
From 1877 to 1878 it was the site of the short-lived "Esperanza Community", which was described as "a colony of communists." They bought a hotelW. W. Graves, ed., Annals of Osage Mission (St. Paul, Kansas: Graves Library, 1987), 243 and ran a newspaper called The Star of Hope."To Correspondents and Visitors" Star of Hope, 1, No. 3 (March 1878) p. 4, cols. 2-3
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Transportation The nearest intercity bus stop is located in Chanute. Service is provided by Jefferson Lines on a route from Minneapolis to Tulsa.
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