Post Offices

The following information was taken from Robert W. Baughman’s Kansas Post Offices, May 29, 1828-August 3, 1961, published by the Kansas Postal History Society, an affiliate of the Kansas State Historical Society.   For a listing of all counties check out the following link: The Kansas Post Offices Database

OFFICE ESTABLISHED DISCONT’D 1ST.POSTMASTER CHANGED TO
Ailanthus Grove 27 MY 1879 8 DC 1879 John R. Taylor
Alfalfa 13 FE 1882 16 MY 1882 James V. Smith
Almena 10 JE 1872 still there David C. Coleman
Alverd 6 AP 1900 31 DC 1900 Frank M. Lockard
Bath 5 FE 1879 21 NV 1879 William Dobbie
Bell 25 JE 1879 2 MY1884 Norman C. Workman Rockwell City
Billingsville 10 JE 1872 18 OC 1872 Nathan H. Billings Norton
Birkville 19 MY 1897 30 JA 1904 William A. Birkholz
Bower 22 JY 1885 20 FE 1889 John R. Smith
Brett 7 JE 1880 10 AP 1882 John T. Pool
(Brett) 18 FE 1884 18 OC 1887
Cactus 22 JE 1874 22 SE 1887 William Grant
(Cactus) 28 NV 1898 14 OC 1903
Calvert 1 SE 1885 31 OC 1953 James W. Stotts
Cheeseman 5 DC 1879 23 MR 1882 John Wallace
Clayton 31 MR 1879 after AU 1961 John Cameron
Croco 5 SE 1881 8 JE 1883 James Blue
Dallas 4 SE 1879 4 NV 1885 Ira S. Hall Oronoque
David 16 MY 1887 15 MY 1889 David N. Reed
Dellvale 17 MR 1890 after AU 1961 Frank E. Gilder
Densmore 20 DC 1880 after AU 1961 Eliz. E. Densmore from West Union
Devizes 4 MR 1874 15 AP 1926 Reuben Bisbee Sr.
Edmond 3 JE 1879 in 1990’s Albert Weaver
Fairhaven 30 JY 1879 29 FE 1904 Judson C. Wilson
Gath 21 FE 1902 14 OC 1903 Eliz. C. Campbell
Hanback 4 ME 1884 31 DC 1892 Devillo R, Blanding from Reagle
Hedgewood 18 MY 1882 15 MR 1898 David E. Stevens
Lee 8 MY 1876 6 MR 1883 Willis B. Dimmick est.Phillips Co.
Lenora 24 JE 1874 11 NV 1874 Ole H. Peterson
(Lenora) 30 NV 1874 still there
Leota 22 OC 1874 17 OC 1881 John M. Cooper
Long Branch 26 FE 1875 10 FE 1882 Christ F. Bender
Modell 21 MR 1878 17 JY 1882 John W. Langford
Neighborville 15 FE 1875 10 AP 1882 Abraham Beiber
New Almelo 20 SE 1880 15 MR 1901 Hartog Meiberger(n) New Elam
(New Almelo) 5 JY 1902 29 AP 1905
(New Almelo) 31 OC 1917 after AU 1961
New Elam 11 FE 1879 20 SE 1880 Austin Miller New Almelo
Norton 28 OC 1872 still there Edward M. Newell from Billingsville
Orange 24 NV 1890 31 AG 1891 Elizabeth A. Tyler
Oronoque 4 NV 1885 15 OC 1934 William T. Campbell from Dallas
Parma 13 AP 1899 15 DC 1899 Lizzie Hart
Port Landis 24 JE 1874 3 JE 1879 Evan S. Purviance Edmond
Rayville 16 FE 1885 15 AP 1889 George W. Rhamy
(Rayville) 19 DC 1889 31 DC 1902
Reager 18 MY 1916 29 SE 1923 James B. Shephard
Reagle 28 AU 1882 4 MR 1884 Joseph M. Miller From Wilmot Ne.
(Reagle) to Hanback
Redd 26 MR 1883 18 AG 1886 Mary C. Rule
Rockwell City 2 MY 1884 30 JA 1904 William Rockwell from Bell
Smithton 18 AP 1884 18 NV 1886 Oliver P. Smith
Tucket 3 MY 1881 4 DC 1882 Erasmus D Rountree
Wakeman 27 MY 1879 26 OC 1881 John P. Bozarth
(Wakeman) 17 NV 1881 27 OC 1887
West Union 24 JE 1874 20 DC 1880 Alfred J. Coleman Densmore