Transcribed from volume II of Kansas: a cyclopedia of state history, embracing events, institutions, industries, counties, cities, towns, prominent persons, etc. ... / with a supplementary volume devoted to selected personal history and reminiscence. Standard Pub. Co. Chicago : 1912. 3 v. in 4. : front., ill., ports.; 28 cm. Vols. I-II edited by Frank W. Blackmar.

Vining, an incorporated city of the third class, is located on the line between Clay and Washington counties, 17 miles northwest of Clay Center. Being situated on the Republican river and at the junction of the Missouri Pacific and the Union Pacific railroads, it is a trading center and important shipping point for a large agricultural district. It is supplied with a number of well stocked stores, a grain elevator, telegraph and express offices, good public schools, etc. The population in 1910 was 191.

Page 848 from volume II of Kansas: a cyclopedia of state history, embracing events, institutions, industries, counties, cities, towns, prominent persons, etc. ... / with a supplementary volume devoted to selected personal history and reminiscence. Standard Pub. Co. Chicago : 1912. 3 v. in 4. : front., ill., ports.; 28 cm. Vols. I-II edited by Frank W. Blackmar. Transcribed July 2002 by Carolyn Ward.