Bassett, Kansas, 1914.
| Town | Post Office Dates | Additional Information |
| Allendale | 1898-1901 | A little hamlet situated about five miles northeast of Iola. It is about equally distant from Carlyle on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad and La Harpe on the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway, the nearest railway stations. |
| Bassett | None | A small village located on the Neosho River, about two miles south of Iola. Founded in 1903. The following year, t was connected to Iola via the electric railroad street car line. In 1910 it had a population of 40. In 1914, the first concrete road in Kansas was laid in Bassett. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 20. |
| Bayard | 1887-1943 | The post office moved from Front. It was a station on the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway in the northeast part of the county, some 15 miles from Iola. In 1910, it had a money order post office with one rural route, an express office, some mercantile stores, was a shipping point for the surrounding agricultural district, and had a population of 50. |
| Carlyle | 1859-1988 | In 1857, a small colony from Indiana settled here. |
| Cofachiqui | 1856-1859 | Incorporated by the Bogus Legislature in 1855. Pro-slavery men laid out the town. It was the Allen County seat from 1855 to 1860. Cofachique was moved to Iola, and the old site became farmland. |
| Cold Spring | 1861-1862 | |
| Elsmore/Elsinore | 1866-2005 | The name changed from Elsinore to Elsmore On February 11, 1889. The post office closed on April 30, 2005. There are still several homes, a few old business buildings, an old school, and a population of about 50. |
| Fair Lawn | 1879-1881 | |
| Florence | 1858-1859 | The post office was only open for about three months. The post office moved to Carlyle. |
| Front | 1886-1887 | The post office moved to Bayard. |
| Funston | 1892-1901 | A small hamlet a little southeast of the center of the county, it was about ten miles from Iola and about eight miles from Humboldt. Elsmore was the most convenient railroad station. |
| Geneva | 1858-1942 | Geneva, Kansas, located in northwest Allen County, was founded in the summer of 1857. |
| Hamburgh | 1879-1883 | |
| Hendricks | 1882-1883 | |
| Jeddo | 1868-1877 | |
| Jonestown | 1875-1879 | Nine miles east of Iola. |
| Leanna | 1881-1920 | A village in the extreme southern part of the county, it was about six miles southeast of Humboldt, the most convenient railroad station. In 1910, it had a money order post office, was a local trading center for the neighborhood, and had a population of 50. |
| Magnolia | 1862-1863 | |
| Mantua | 1859-1862 | Also spelled Mantau and Mantan. |
| Maplewood | 1872 | The post office was open for less than six months. |
| Mildred | 1907-1973 | An unincorporated community and near ghost town. As of the 2020 census, the community’s population and nearby areas was 25. |
| Neosho | 1871 | The post office was only open for about three months. |
| Orel | 1875-1881 | The post office moved to Morantown. |
| Peru | 1858 | The post office was open for less than four months before moving to Xenia. |
| Petrolia | 1905-1953 | |
| Rocklow | 1877-1886 | |
| Savonburg | 1879-1998 | Still has numerous homes, several old business buildings, an active church, and a population of 74. |
| Sheron | 1873-1877 | |
| Wannersburg | 1880-1891 | Also spelled Wannersburgh. |
| Wise | 1882-1902 |
© Kathy Alexander/Legends of Kansas, updated February 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