Post rock fence in Rush County by Kathy-Alexander.
| Town | Post Office Dates | Additional Information |
| Belfield, aka: Bellfield | 1874-1887 | This settlement was formed in 1862 on Walnut Creek in extreme eastern Rush County. In 1878, it exported grain from Great Bend, the nearest shipping point. The mail was delivered semi-weekly via stagecoach. It was 13 miles from La Crosse, the county seat. |
| Belle Prairie | None | |
| Big Timber | None | |
| Brookdale | 1875-1888 | Brookdale was established in 1874 on Walnut Creek in the southwestern part of Rush County. In 1878, it had a hotel, a general store, a lawyer, and a physician. Its mail was delivered by stagecoach four times per week to William D. Fisher, the postmaster. It was six miles from La Crosse, its nearest shipping point. |
| Chaffee | 1896-1905 | A small hamlet located about 8 miles northeast of La Crosse. When the post office closed, mail was received by rural delivery from the post office at Bison. |
| Economy | 1871-1872 | |
| Elm Valley | 1879-1887 | Was also in Ness County for a time (site moved). |
| Esthira | 1880-1883 | |
| Fenton | 1882-1898 | |
| Fingal | 1887-1910 | Situated in Pleasant Dale township near the northeast corner of the county, about 20 miles from La Crosse and 11 miles from Otis, the nearest railroad station, from which place mail was received by rural delivery. First established in Russell County (site moved). |
| Flavius | 1880-1908 | Located in Belle Prairie Township, about 14 miles southwest of La Crosse and 7 miles from Nekoma, from which mail was received by the rural route. |
| Gilliam, Gillam | 1881-1885 | |
| Hampton | 1877-1910 | Hampton, Kansas, is an extinct town in Rush County. There is nothing left today. |
| Howe, aka: Lippard, Lippert | 1882-1911 | |
| Hutton | 1878-1887 | |
| Keimfield | 1878-1887 | The post office moved to McCracken. |
| Linndale, aka: Lindale | 1888-1905 | |
| Olney | 1874-1888 | A small settlement formed in 1873 on Walnut Creek in the eastern central part of Rush County. In 1878, wheat was its chief product, shipped from Great Bend, its nearest shipping point. At that time, the mail was delivered semi-weekly to L.T. Delplain, the postmaster and the town’s population was 20. |
| Oswell | 1882-1883 | |
| Pioneer | 1878-1893 | |
| Pleasant Dale, aka: Pleasantdale, Lieblichdorp | 1878-1895 | Primarily a German-Russian settlement, it was established about 1877. Lieblichdorp is German for Pleasant Dale. |
| Rock Castle | None | |
| Roland | 1880-1887 | |
| Ryan | 1878-1908 | Located in Banner Township 15 miles southeast of La Crosse and 7 miles south of Timken, the nearest shipping point and the place from which it received mail. |
| Saunders | 1895-1908 | Located 10 miles northwest of La Crosse and 8 miles west of Liebenthal, from which it received mail. |
| Scheuerman | 1883-1888 | |
| Seymour | 1880-1881 | |
| Shaffer | 1892-1948 | Located in Garfield Township on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad 15 miles southeast of La Crosse. It had three mills, two grain elevators, a hotel, a creamery, general stores, telegraph, and express offices, and a money order post office. The population in 1910 was 45. |
| Stubbville | None | |
| Timkin | 1888-1996 | Timkin is a small town on the south bank of Walnut Creek in Rush County. It is also an extinct town, as its post office is long closed. As of the 2020 census, the town’s population was 38 and it had a total area of 0.15 square miles, all of it land. |
| West Point | 1878-1894 | |
| Wittmund | 1882-1883 |
Rush County Map, 1889
©Kathy Alexander/Legends of Kansas, updated December 2024.
Also See:
Sources:
1878 Gazetteer and Business Directory, R. L. Polk & Company.
Blackmar, Frank W.; Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Vol I; Standard Publishing Company, Chicago, IL 1912.
Cutler, William G; History of Kansas; A. T. Andreas, Chicago, IL, 1883.
Kansas Post Office History
Wikipedia