Moline, KS

Moline is a city in Elk County, Kansas, United States. The 2020 census counted 345 residents. Moline is located in south central Elk County at the intersection of U.S. Highway 160 and K-99. Moline is known for being the home of Kansas' oldest swinging bridge, built in 1904. Moline New City Lake is located in the scenic Osage Questas region in southeast Kansas just one mile north of Moline. Native tall grass prairie comprises most of the lake's 4,742 acre drainage basin and helps maintain the average 36 inches of water transparency. Moline is home to the historic Shaffer House Museum and Art Center.

School unification consolidated Moline, Howard and Severy schools forming USD 282. Moline makes sense once you see how its past, landscape, and current gathering spots overlap. The useful thing to know about Moline is that its older landmarks and current settings belong to one connected place. The bridge spans over a lower portion of a local stream, Wildcat Creek. Moline is located on a slightly elevated plateau in the valley of Wildcat Creek, named so by the indigenous Native Americans because of the prominent number of wildcats that lived along the stream.