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Place Name	County	Place Type	Post Office Dates	More Information
Dafer	Leavenworth	Lost Town	1884-1900
Daisy	Leavenworth	Lost Town	1882-1886
Dalby	Atchison	Lost Town
Dalhart		Lost Town		On the Southern Pacific Railroad.
Dallas	Norton	Lost Town
Dalrymple	Mitchell	Lost Town		Discontinued 1882.
Dalton	Neosho			(see Kimball). On the Missouri Pacific Railroad.
Dalton	Sumner	Lost Town	1885-1939	Located in Avon Township, it was a station on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad, seven miles east of Wellington.
Damar	Rooks	Current Town
Damorris	Morris	Lost Town
Danube	Rawlins	Name Change		Now Ludell.
Danville	Harper	Current Town
Danville	Mitchell	Lost Town
Darien	Cowley	Lost Town	1872-1874
Darling’s Ferry, Pottawatomie National Ferry	Wabaunsee	Lost Place	NA	Ferry was established in 1850 on the Kansas River. Lucius Darling, proprietor, John L. Ogee was the operator. Also known as Pottawatomie National Ferry, it was funded by the Federal government from treaty funds.
Darlington	Harvey	Lost Town	1873	The post office was only open for about six months.
Damorris	Morris	Lost Town	1880-1887	The post office moved to Dwight in 1887.
Darlow/Booth	Reno	Lost Town	1890-1935	The name changed to Darlow on October 2, 1900. It was a station on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad six miles south of Hutchinson. This place once had a blacksmith, a lumberyard, two elevators, a depot, a grocery, and a school. In 1910, it had an express office, a money order post office with one rural route, and a population of 75. Today, only a few homes remain.
Darwin	Doniphan	Lost Town
Davis, Willow Springs	Douglas	Lost Town	1855-1900	The post office was established on February 26, 1855; the name changed to Willow Springs on July 28, 1861.
Davis’ Crossing	Jewell	Lost Place	None	The crossing of Buffalo Creek 1869 on the Parallel Road, A.J. Davis, proprietor
Dawson’s Ford	Leavenworth	Lost Place	None	Established in about 1851 on Stranger Creek at present Easton on the Fort Leavenworth-Fort Riley Military Road. Armistead Dawson, proprietor. Dawson freighted supplies for the U.S. Army to Fort Laramie, Wyoming, in 1851 and Fort Union, New Mexico, in 1854.
Day	Washington	Lost Town	1883-1930	This little village was a station on the Greenleaf & Lenora division of the Missouri Pacific Railroad. In 1910, it had a money order post office, some local trade, some shipping, and a population of 35. It was five miles east of Clifton and about 17 miles southwest of Washington, the county seat.
Dayton	Bourbon	Lost Town	1858-1887	It was located in the southern part of Timber Hill Township and was named for Dayton, Ohio. It was incorporated in February 1860.
Dayton	Dickinson	Lost Town	1895-1917	A station on the Missouri Pacific Railroad, it was located in Jefferson Township, 16 miles south of Abilene. In 1910, it had a money order post office, telephone connections, several general stores, a creamery, flour mills, and a population of 40.
Dayton	Douglas	Lost Town
Dayton or Daytonville	Labette	Lost Town
Dayton	Shawnee	Lost Town
De Graff	Butler	Lost Town	1887-1942	A small hamlet of Lincoln Township, it was a station on the  Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad.
De Soto	Johnson	Current Town	1863-Present
Deadwood
Dean	Jefferson	Lost Town	1892-1901	Dean was a small inland settlement about six miles south of Oskaloosa.
Dean	Reno	Lost Town	1881-1886
Deanolia	Brown	Lost Town
Deanville	Nemaha	Lost Town		North of Souther. The post office was only open for two months.
Dearing	Montgomery	Current Town		Named after a pioneer.
Debolt	Labette	Lost Town
Deborah	Morris	Lost Town		Now Dunlap.
Decatur	Decatur	Lost Town	1879	Platted in June 1879. Abandoned in 1881.
Decatur County	Decatur	Current County		Created from unorganized area, 1873. The county seat is Oberlin
Decora	Lyon	Lost Town	1859-1862	Also spelled Decorrah.
Decorrah	Morris	Lost Town
Deep Creek	Clay	Lost Town
Deep Hole	Comanche	Lost Town
Deep Hole Redoubt, Cimarron Redoubt	Clark	Lost Place	NA	This was an improvised U.S. Army fortification south of Ashland built in 1870 near a major trade route’s crossing of the Cimarron River. It was built during the Comanche War, fought between 1867 and 1875, to protect traffic on the Fort Supply/Fort Dodge Trail.
Deerfield	Kearny	Current Town		On the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad.
Deerhead	Barber	Lost Town	1885-1923	Located in Deerhead Township, in Indian Creek Valley, ten miles south of Lake City.
Deerton	Labette	Name Change		Now Valeda.
Deighton
Defiance	Woodson	Name Change		Now Yates Center.
Delano	Sedgwick	Extinct Town	1871-1876 1879-1880	Once another rowdy Kansas cowtown, it is now a historic neighborhood of Wichita in Sedgwick County.
Delavan	Clay	Lost Town
Delavan	Morris	Ghost Town
Delaware	Wyandotte	Lost Town		Post o established in 1849; changed to Secondine, 1856; abolished in 1859. It was on the Kansas River, ten miles from its mouth.
Delaware City	Leavenworth	Lost Town	1856-1878	Delaware City was founded in the summer of 1854.
Delaware City	Shawnee	Name Change		The name changed to Rochester.
Delaware Ferry	Leavenworth	Lost Place	NA	Established in 1855 on the Missouri River at Delaware City. John Van Vranklin, proprietor.
Delhi	Osborne	Lost Town
Delia	Jackson	Current Town	-2017	The post office closed on November 18, 2017.
Delight	Ellsworth	Lost Town	1877-1921	A country post office was located in Mulberry Township, near the county’s northeast corner, about 15 miles from Ellsworth and about five miles north of Carneiro.
Delila	Ellsworth	Lost Town	1875-1875	The post office was only open for three months. It then moved to Trivoli.
Dell	Lyon	Lost Town	1881-1883 1885-1890	Dell was 3.5 miles east and 3.5 miles north of Americus.
Della	Clay	Name Change		Now Morganville.
Delmont	Anderson	Lost Town	1870	The post office was only open for about eight months.
Delmore	McPherson	Lost Town	1873-1902	An inland hamlet, it was on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, and the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroads. It was 12 miles northeast of McPherson and eight miles north of Galva.
Delphi	Cowley	Name Change		Now Arkansas City, See Creswell and Walnut City.
Delphoe	Cloud	Lost Town
Delphos	Ottawa	Current Town
Delray	Osage	Lost Town	1879	The post office was open for ten months.
Delta	Jewell	Lost Town		Located about two miles northeast of Montrose (on US Hwy 36 and the R.R.). It died when it was bypassed by the railroad. Some of the buildings were moved to Montrose.
Duluth	Pottawatomie	Extinct Town	1912-1986	Still has several homes and an active church.
Dema	Atchison	Lost Town
Denison	Jackson	Current Town
Dennis	Labette			Named for the townsite owner.
Dennison	Franklin	Lost Town	1865-1868
Denmark	Lincoln	Extinct Town	1872-1904 1917-1954	One of the first permanent settlements in Lincoln County, it was settled about 1869 by Danish Lutherans.
Densmore	Norton			John T. Densmore, town founder
Denton	Doniphan	Current Town		Named for Moses, John, and William Denton, town promoters.
Dentonia	Jewell	Lost Town	1882-1903	The community’s population peaked in 1910 at 60 residents. At that time, it had a blacksmith’s shop, a doctor’s office, a dance hall, a store, a church, and a school.
Derby	Sedgwick	Current Town
Dermot	Stevens	Lost Town		Vacated 1893; now Dermot, in Morton County
Derry	Elk	Lost Town
Derry	Greenwood	Lost Town	1883-1896
Desire	Reno	Lost Town	1877-1878
Detroit	Dickinson	Extinct Town	1866-1961	A station on the Union Pacific Railroad was located in Center Township, six miles east of Abilene. In 1910, it had a money-order post office with two rural routes, a graded public school, telegraph and express offices, telephone connections, general stores, and a population of 142.
Devil’s Elbow Crossing	Riley	Lost Place	NA	Crossing of Elbo Creek on Fort Leavenworth-Fort Riley Military Road east of Manhattan. Army teamsters applied the name to describe the sharp turn in the road, which was difficult for 4 and 6 mule government teams to negotiate. Elbo Creek was initially called “Sargent’s Creek.”
Dewdrop	Lincoln	Lost Town	1899-1902	A small settlement about eight miles northwest of Lincoln, the nearest railroad station. The population in 1910 was 20.
Devon/Mill Creek	Bourbon	Lost Town	1860-1989	Mill Creek was founded in 1860 and named for a nearby creek. Wiley Bolinger was the postmaster. In 1889, the town moved closer to the railroad and was renamed Devon for Devon, England.
Dewitt-De Witt	Washington	Lost Town	1874-1897	The name changed from De Witt to Dewitt on November 22, 1894.
Dexter	Cowley	Current Town
Diamond Centre	Chase	Lost Town	1876	The post office was open for less than four months.
Diamond Creek	Chase	Lost Town	None	In Diamond Creek Township, Englishman George Osmer, his family, and others lived there in 1865.
Diamond Springs	Morris	Lost Town		An overland station five miles north of present Diamond Springs. Discovered by Ben Jones when the Santa Fe Trail was first surveyed in 1825.
Diana	Sedgwick	Lost Town	1878-1881
Dickinson County	Dickinson	Current County	NA	Created in 1857 from unorganized area. Abilene is the county seat.
Dickeyville	Phillips	Lost Town
Digby/Gypsum Creek	Saline	Lost Town	1869-1887	The name changed from Gypsum Creek to Digby on October 21, 1886.
Dighton	Lane	Current Town		The county seat of Lane County.
Dildine	Wilson	Lost Town	1892-1900	Located in the extreme northeastern corner of the county, 21 miles from Fredonia and about five miles north of Vilas, the nearest railroad station. After its post office closed, it received its mail from Chanute in Neosho County.
Dillon	Dickinson	Extinct Town	1872-1944	A Missouri Pacific Railroad station was on the line between Jefferson and Ridge Townships, about 16 miles south of Abilene. The railroad’s name was Swayne Station. In 1910, it had a money order post office with one rural route, a creamery, a flour mill, some well-stocked general stores, express and telegraph service, telephone connections, Methodist and Presbyterian churches, a good public school building, and a population of 161.
Dimon	Leavenworth	Lost Town	1868-1883	North of Stanwood, located in 1868.
Discord	Brown	Lost Town	1874-1881
Dispatch/Rotterdam	Smith	Lost Town		Settled in 1881 by Dutch immigrants. It was initially called Rotterdam, and until WWI, the church’s official language was Dutch. A small cemetery remains.
Divide-Colony	Anderson	Present Town	1871-Present	The name changed from Divide to Colony. It is a small town on Deer Creek in Ozark Township near the southern boundary of Anderson County. As of the 2020 census, its population was 381
Dix	Morris	Lost Town	1883-1886
Dixie	Cowley	Lost Town	1873	The post office was only open for about two months.
Dixon-Woodward	Butler	Lost Town	1877-1888	The name changed from Woodward to Dixon on December 18, 1878. It was on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad.
Dixon	Coffey	Lost Town	1872-1878
Doane	Washington	Lost Town	1873-1875
Doby	Grant	Lost Town	1908-1916	Doby was located on the south fork of the Cimarron River, about four miles above its mouth and 15 miles southeast of Ulysses.
Dodge City	Ford	Current Town		County seat. On the Santa Fe Trail. In 1871, the first settler was H. L. Sitler. Named after Fort Dodge.
Dolespark	McPherson	Lost Town	1898-1918	On the Chicago and Rock Island Railroad in 1887. A country post office in Canton Township. It was about four miles from Canton, the most convenient railroad station in 1910.
Donald	Washington	Lost Town	1870	The post office was open for about ten months.
Donegal	Dickinson	Lost Town	1895-1906	It was located in Turkey Creek Valley, about 12 miles south of Abilene. In 1910, the population was 70.
Doniphan	Doniphan	Ghost Town	1855-1943	A ghost town located in southeast Doniphan County along the Missouri River.
Doniphan County	Doniphan	Current County	NA	One of the original 36 counties, it was established in 1855. Troy is the county seat.
Donmeyer	Saline	Name Change		Now New Cambria.
Donneganna	Riley	Lost Town	1871	The post office was open only for three months.
Donner Station	Saline	Lost Town	1868.
Dora	Labette	Lost Town
Dorcas	Nemaha	Lost Town	1877-1882	Area post office.
Dorrance	Russell	Current Town		On the Kansas Pacific Railroad 1867.
Doster	Sumner	Lost Town	1878-1902	A station on the Kansas Southwestern Railroad six miles west and half miles north of Caldwell at 1500 South Bluff Road.
Douglas	Douglas	Lost Town		Incorporated 1855. It was on the Kansas River, ten miles above Lawrence. Slave owner Paris Ellison owned the land. The site was too close to Lecompton; by May 1857, it had dwindled to one house.
Douglas	Linn	Lost Town
Douglas County	Douglas	Current County	NA	One of the original 36 counties, it was created in 1855. Lawrence is the county seat.
Douglass	Butler	Current Town
Dover	Shawnee
Dow Creek	Lyon	Lost Town	1873-1874	Dow Creek was ten miles west and one mile north of Reading.
Dowell
Downer Station/Fort Downer	Trego	Lost Place	None	A stage station and fort located on the Smoky Hill Trail.
Downing	Morris	Lost Town
Downs	Osborne	Current Town		Named for William F. Downs
Doyle	Marion	Lost Town	1866-1871
Dragoon Creek/Dragoon Grove	Osage	Lost Town	1873-1900	On Santa Fe Trail, west of Burlingame.
Dresden	Decatur	Extinct Town	1888-2008	Dresden was a station on the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad. The post office closed on December 20, 2008.
Dresden	Kingman	Lost Town	1884-1887	The post office moved to Olcott when it closed.
Drury	Sumner	Extinct Town	1884-1921	Located in Falls Township, it was a station on the Kansas Southwestern Railway about 20 miles south of Wellington.
Dry Creek	Cherokee	Lost Town
Dry Creek	Saline	Lost Town	1877-1887
Dry Creek	Sedgwick	Name Change	1871-1872
Dry Ridge	Bourbon	Lost Town	1880-1881	Located northeast of Bronson, the first postmaster was Henry Miller. The post office was located in his home.
Drywood	Crawford	Lost Town	1894-1915	Crawford County had a Drywood Creek and a post office named Drywood.
Duane	Washington	Lost Town		Located in the northwest corner of the county.
Dublin	Sumner	Lost Town	1885-1887	The post office moved to Zyba.
Dubuque	Russell	Lost Town	1879-1909	A small village in Center Township was located near the head of Beaver Creek. In 1910, its population was 26, and it received its mail via rural delivery from Dorrance. It was about 20 miles southeast of Russell.
Dudley	Osborne	Lost Town
Duluth	Pottawatomie	Ghost Town	1912-1986	Duluth, Kansas, is a tiny town in Pottawatomie County. It is also an extinct town without a post office. It still has several homes and an active church.
Dun	Wilson	Lost Town	1879-1905	A station on the St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad eight miles southeast of Fredonia and four miles from Neodesha, from which place it received its mail after its post office closed. The railroad’s name was Lazarus Station.
Dunavant	Jefferson	Lost Town	1888-1932	Seven miles southeast of Valley Falls.
Duncan’s Crossing	Hodgeman	Lost Place	1875-1913	Crossing of Pawnee Fork on the Fort Hays-Fort Dodge Military Road. John O’Laughlin operated a ranch in about 1868, selling it to George Duncan in 1871. Duncan built a large log house and log stockade with a corduroy bridge. George Duncan, postmaster.
Duncan’s Ferry	Doniphan	Lost Place	NA	Established in 1849 on the Missouri River four miles above St. Joseph on the St. Joseph & California Road. In 1850, John Duncan, Aaron, and William Lewis advertised a horse ferry at this location. Duncan drowned in a ferryboat accident in May 1849; two ferrymen also drowned at this location in 1853.
Dundee	Barton	Extinct Town	1881-1902 1915-1943	Dundee is a tiny, unincorporated community in Barton County, Kansas. It is also an extinct town, as its post office closed decades ago. It still supports a grain elevator, several silos, a few homes, a cemetery, and a couple of old business buildings.
Dunkirk	Crawford	Lost Town	1915-1919
Dunlap	Morris	Near Ghost Town	1874-1988	On the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway. The post office closed on November 12, 1988.
Dunmire	Saline	Lost Town
Durachen	Butler	Lost Town	1882-1909	An inland village of Chelsea Township, it was about 15 miles northeast of Eldorado. The population in 1910 was 58.
Durand	Woodson			Located on the Union Pacific Railroad from Piqua, Kansas
Durham	Marion	Current Town
Dutch Henry’s Crossing or Shermanville	Franklin	Name Change		Now Lane. Dutch Henry’s Crossing was established in 1849 on Pottawatomie Creek. Henry Sherman, proprietor.
Dwight	Morris	Current Town		Named after Dwight W. Rathbone, townsite owner. On the Chicago and Rock Island Railroad in 1887.
Dyer’s Crossing	Pottawatomie	Lost Place.	NA	Established in 1853 on Big Blue River at Juniata on the Fort Leavenworth-Fort Riley Military Road, it was owned by Samuel D. Dyer, a proprietor who operated a store and a hotel. In 1853, a man named “Garland” operated a ferry. The bridge was constructed in 1854-55 and destroyed by ice in February 1856.

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