Ashton, Kansas

Ashton is an unincorporated community in Walton Township, Sumner County, Kansas, United States.

[1] It is located about halfway between South Haven and Arkansas City at 1.75 miles north of the intersection of S Rock Rd and U.S. Route 166, which is 5.5 miles east of I-35 (Kansas Turnpike), next to an abandoned railroad.

Ashton was a station on the Kansas Southwestern Railway that previously passed through the community, east to west, from Geuda Springs to South Haven.

[2] A post office was opened in Ashton in 1887, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1971.

[3] The community is served by South Haven USD 509 public school district.