Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad Sign in Fiat, Kansas.
| Town | Post Office Dates | Additional Information |
| Amy | 1884-1885 | The post office moved to Busby after it closed. |
| Blanche | 1897-1901 | |
| Bloomfield | 1872-1879 | |
| Border | 1875-1877 | |
| Busby | 1885-1906 | The post office moved from Amy. In 1910, Busby had a population of 47. The nearest railroad station is Buxton on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad in Wilson County. It was 12 miles east of Howard. |
| Canola | 1872-1879 | The post office moved to Grenola. |
| Cave Springs-Montrose | 1879-1903 | The name changed from Montrose to Cave Springs in May 1882. in 1910, it was described as an inland hamlet of Elk County, nine miles northeast of Howard. |
| Chaplin | 1890-1903 | An inland hamlet, its population in 1910 was 36. It was located about eight miles southwest of Howard, from which it received its mail after its post office closed. The nearest railroad station was in Grenola, about about miles south on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad. |
| Cresco | 1876-1880 | |
| Elk River | 1868-1869 | |
| Fiat | 1882-1898 | |
| Glenwild | 1902-1904 | |
| Greenfield | 1870-1879 | |
| Indian Creek | 1873-1882 | |
| Keyser | 1890-1892 | Although the post office was authorized, it was never in operation. |
| La Paz | 1872-1874 | |
| Lima | 1874-1887 | |
| Oak Ridge | 1873-1882 | |
| Oak Valley | 1875-1954 | There are still a few homes and buildings in the area. |
| Painterhood | 1870-1871 1874-1879 |
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| Paw Paw | 1872-1890 | |
| Pearl | 1877-1881 | |
| Rancho | 1883-1887 | |
| Union Centre | 1871-1887 | |
| Upola | 1887-1909 | A station on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad, Upola was located in Oak Valley Township, 15 miles east of Howard and about four miles from Longton, from which it received mail daily by rural route. The population of 1910 was 24. |
| Viola | 1871-1872 | |
| Western Park | 1871-1905 | An inland hamlet it was located in Union Center Township about 11 miles northwest of Howard, the nearest railroad station and the usual shipping and banking point, from which it received its mail after the post office closed. In 1910, it had a population of 34. |
©Kathy Alexander/Legends of Kansas, December 2023.
Also See:
Sources:
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