Allison, a village of Decatur county, is located in the township of the same name, on the north fork of the Solomon river, about 25 miles southeast of Oberlin, the county seat, and 8 miles from Dresden, which is the nearest railroad station. It has a money order postoffice, some local trade, and in 1910 reported a population of 25.

Source: Kansas:_A_Cyclopedia_of_State_History 1. (1912) Chicago: Standard Publishing Company. 65.