Town | Post Office Dates | Additional Information |
Antone | 1879-1883 | |
Ash Valley | 1877-1908 1922-1941 |
Located in Ash Creek Valley, about 12 miles northwest of Larned. |
Bird Nest | 1883-1891 | |
Booth | 1881-1884 | The post office moved from Fort Larned. |
Conkling | 1881-1895 | |
Fort Larned/Pawnee Fork | 1859-1881 | The name changed from Pawnee Fork in 1866. The post office moved to Booth in 1881. |
Frizell | 1904-1933 | A money order post-village and station on the Larned & Jetmore division of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad. Located seven miles west of Larned, it had a general store in 1910. |
George | 1882-1888 | |
Green Ridge | 1878-1881 | |
Harmony | 1877-1908 | Harmony was located near the northwest corner of the county, about 18 miles from Larned. |
Keysville/Ben Wade | 1877-1893 | The name changed to Ben Wade in 1881. In 1893, the post office moved to Rozel. |
Lanark | 1878-1883 | |
Lucas/Marshall | 1878-1894 | The name changed to Marshall in 1886. |
Nixon | 1878-1889 | |
Point View | 1879-1912 | A country post office, it was located 11 miles southeast of Larned. |
Proston | 1878-1883 | |
Ray | 1878-1884 1889-1929 |
A small village on the Missouri Pacific Railroad, 8 miles east of Larned. In 1910, it had a couple of retail stores, two grain elevators, telegraph and express offices, and a population of about 60. Most of the houses were demolished or moved in the 1950s, and the grain elevator was later torn down. |
Sanford | 1909-1954 | Only a grain elevator and a few scattered buildings in the area remain. |
Saw Mill | 1879-1885 | |
Schadel | 1914-1915 |
©Kathy Alexander/Legends of Kansas, updated November 2023.
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