Sunflower, Kansas Sunflower, Kansas Sunflower was a rural community in Center Township in Mitchell County, Kansas, United States, established in 1890. Walter and Honora (Tilton) Cooke came to Mitchell County, Kansas in 1884. They leased with an intent to buy the NE 1/4 of Section 36 in Center Township from the State of Kansas. By 1890, a small community had formed. A blacksmith, creamery, school and small store had been established by 1895. The Cooke's purchased the property on February 23, 1897 for $1,154.00. On April 27, 1898, the Sunflower community was recognized by the U.S. Government by installing a post office.
State highways deleted by the Utah State Legislature in 1969 which was subsequently renumbered to SR-26 as part of the 1977 Utah state route renumbering in order to avoid confusion with US-50. State Route 53 connected SR-8 (now US-6/US-191) at Wellington with SR-6 (now US-40) west of Myton via Nine Mile Canyon Road. The road was taken over on January 10, 1916, and immediately reused to replace part of SR-37 in Ogden after its 1969 deletion. State Route 54 was created as a renumbering of a branch of SR-12 to Tropic. That same year, a new State Route 120 was created, continuing the road from Tropic to Henrieville, and in