Rice, Kansas

This article is about the community in northern Kansas. For the county in central Kansas, see Rice County, Kansas.

Rice is an unincorporated community in Cloud County, Kansas, United States.^[1]

Rice, Kansas
Unincorporated community
KDOT map of Cloud County (legend)
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Coordinates: 39°34′20″N 97°33′20″W[1]
Country	United States
State	Kansas
County	Cloud
Founded	1870s
Elevation [1]	1,335 ft (407 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code	785
FIPS code	20-59150
GNIS ID	473341 [1]

Historical photo of the General Store and Post Office in Rice

History

In the 19th century, Rice was a station on the Central Branch Union Pacific Railroad, but the town's proximity to the larger trading center of Concordia inhibited its growth.^[2]

A post office was opened in Rice in 1878, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1980.^[3]

Education

The community is served by Concordia USD 333 public school district.

Notable people

• Ross Doyen, farmer, rancher, and Kansas state legislator, was born near Rice.^[4]