Rooks County, Kansas Farm.
| Town | Post Office Dates | Additional Information |
| Adamson | 1875-1892 | |
| Alcona | 1878-1930 | A post-village, located in the township of the same name, it was a little north of the Solomon River and about 15 miles West of Stockton, the county seat. The population of the entire township in 1910 was 320. Though a small place, it was a trading center and rallying point for the people in that part of the country. |
| Amboy | 1882-1894 | |
| Ash Grove | 1876-1880 | |
| Ash Rock | 1876-1881 1884-1885 |
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| Bradford | 1879-1883 | The post office moved to Sugar Loaf when it closed. |
| Cedar | 1874 | The post office was open for only about five months. |
| Chandler | 1880-1892 | |
| Cresson | 1879-1888 | The post office moved to Palco when it closed. |
| Earnest | 1882-1889 | |
| Enfield | 1888-1894 | The post office moved to Damar when it closed. |
| Floreyville | 1875-1879 | The post office moved to Motor when it closed. |
| Frankton | 1883-1887 | |
| Highhill | 1885-1891 | |
| Hobart | 1879-1884 | |
| Hoskins | 1880-1888 | |
| Igo | 1877-1904 | A hamlet on Big Medicine Creek, Igo was 10 miles southeast of Stockton, the county seat, and 5 miles south of Woodston, the nearest shipping point and post office, from which its mail is distributed by rural route, after its post office closed. |
| Laton-Eagle Creek | 1878-1884 1884-1895 1897-1904 |
The town’s name changed from Eagle Creek to Laton on October 23, 1884. A hamlet located near the East line of Rooks County, about 20 miles southeast of Stockton, the judicial seat, and eight miles from Natoma in Osborne County, from which its mail was distributed by rural route after its post office closed. The population in 1910 was 30. |
| Letts | 1901-1904 | |
| McHale | 1880-1887 1889-1891 |
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| Minety | 1882-1885 | |
| Motor | 1879-1889 | The post office moved from Floreyville when it was established. The post office moved to Codell when it was discontinued. |
| Nyra | 1883-1888 | |
| Oyer | 1882-1885 | |
| Portage | 1880 1884-1892 |
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| Raceburgh | 1875-1886 | |
| Rockport | 1873-1905 | Rockport was a hamlet on Bow Creek, about six miles north of Stockton, the county seat, and the place from which it received mail after its post office closed. |
| Rooks Centre | 1872-1886 | When Rooks County was officially organized on November 26, 1872, both Stockton and Rooks Center, near Medicine Creek, wanted to be the county seat. The election showed 52 votes for Rooks Centre and 95 for Stockton, ending a bitter controversy. The post office moved to Woodston when it closed. |
| Slate | 1880-1903 | A hamlet on Slate Creek, 16 miles northwest of Stockton, the county seat, and 12 miles south of Logan, in Phillips County, from which place it received its mail after its post office closed. The population in 1910 was 36. |
| Sugar Loaf | 1878-1882 1883-1904 |
A country hamlet, Sugar Loaf was located 10 miles northwest of Stockton, the county seat and nearest shipping point, and 11 miles south of Speed, from which it received mail after its post office closed. The population in 1910 was 15. |
| Survey | 1880-1890 | |
| Vertner | 1879-1880 | |
| Villisca | 1880-1881 | |
| Webster | 1879-1953 | Webster was established in Belmont Township on the south fork of the Solomon River in 1869. It grew to a population of more than 20,000 in 1880, when favorable precipitation yielded good crops. However, the following years were interspersed with extreme drought. In 1910, it had a hotel, a bank, several retail establishments, a daily mail stage to Stockton and Bogue, a money order post office with one rural route, and a population of 200. Prolonged drought in the 1930s emphasized the need for storing water for irrigation. The Webster Dam began construction in November 1952 and was completed in 1957. Webster was located 10 miles West of Stockton, the county seat. |
| Welcome | 1880-1883 | In the spring of 1859, the Leavenworth and Pikes Peak Express ran the first stage coaches to the new gold-rush town of Denver, Colorado. William Russell of the famous freighting firm of Russell, Majors & Waddell started this stage line. Station #10 was located about eight miles northwest of where Glasco now stands. Later, this location was known as Welcome. |
©Kathy Alexander/Legends of America, updated June 2026.
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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