Esbon, KS

Esbon is a city in Jewell County, Kansas, United States. The 2020 census counted 69 residents. Esbon was laid out in 1873. Esbon was incorporated as a city in 1904. The primary business enterprise of the town is a grain elevator at the north end of Grand Avenue. Farming is the principal occupation in the area around Esbon. Esbon became a part of Rock Hills USD 107 located in Mankato in 2006 as the district was formed that year by the consolidation of White Rock USD 104 and Mankato USD 278. A newcomer can read Esbon through the overlap of its older landmarks, surrounding geography, and current places. For a newcomer, Esbon comes into focus through those concrete links among its past, landscape, and current routines.