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Huron is a small incorporated city in Lancaster Township, Atchison County, in northeastern Kansas, about 17 miles northwest of the city of Atchison.

The town was named and platted on May 18, 1882 on land originally owned by Colonel D. R. Anthony of Leavenworth, who donated twenty acres and a mile of right-of-way to bring the Missouri Pacific Railroad's Omaha branch through the site.

Local histories say Huron was named for the Huron Indians, and the town took off immediately — five dwellings went up within six weeks of the survey and more than fifty stood by the end of the first year.

Among Huron's first buildings were Presbyterian and Baptist churches, built on lots donated by Colonel Anthony.

Huron was incorporated in 1891, but a series of fires over the years destroyed much of the little town and drained its population.

The 2020 census counted 74 people in Huron, making it the smallest incorporated city in Atchison County; back in 2010 it had just 54 residents in 20 households.