Harvesting wheat in Butler County, early 1900s.
| Town | Post Office Dates | Additional Information |
| Amador | 1875-1902 | In Clifford Township. |
| Aral | 1880-1902 | A little hamlet in Pleasant Township about 20 miles southwest of Eldorado and three miles from Rose Hill. |
| Ayr | 1875-1885 | The post office moved to Potwin. |
| Beaumont | 1880-1997 | An unincorporated community and semi-ghost town in Glencoe Township. |
| Bodarc | 1892-1904 | A little hamlet on Walnut Creek, about six miles southeast of Augusta, the most convenient railroad station. |
| Bodock | 1883-1885 | The post office moved to Latham. |
| Brainerd/Holden | 1870-1907 | The name changed from Holden to Brainerd on January 25, 1886. It was in Milton Township. In 1910, it was a station on the Missouri Pacific Railroad that ran from Eldorado to McPherson, 17 miles northwest of Eldorado. It had an express office and telephone connections, was a shipping and supply point for the neighborhood, and had a population of 73. |
| Britton | 1872-1877 | The post office moved to Cedar Ford. |
| Brownlow | 1871-1876 | The post office moved to Sunnyside. It was located north of Latham. |
| Browntown | None | Company-owned Oil Town. |
| Bruno | None | Isaac Newland was one of the town organizers. |
| Bryant | 1872-1885 | |
| Bunch | 1898-1904 | A rural hamlet located about 18 miles nearly due south of Eldorado and eight miles northwest of Wingate, the nearest railroad station. |
| Burgess | 1887-1888 | |
| Byard | 1858-1859 | |
| Cage | 1887-1894 | |
| Cariboo | 1873-1889 | In Milton Township. |
| Cave Spring | 1874-1878 | |
| Cedar Ford | 1877-1893 | In Rock Creek Township. The post office moved from Britton. |
| Chelsea | 1858-1907 | In Chelsea Township, it was on a branch of the Walnut River about eight miles northeast of Eldorado. George T. Donaldson was the first postmaster. The site is under El Dorado Lake today. |
| Cornhill | 1874-1876 | |
| De Graff | 1887-1942 | A small hamlet of Lincoln Township, it was a station on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad 11 miles north of Eldorado. In 1910, it had a money order post office, express and telegraph service, a Presbyterian church, telephone connections, a hotel, a good retail trade, and did some shipping. |
| Dixon/Woodward | 1877-1888 | The name changed from Woodward to Dixon on December 18, 1878. It was on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad. |
| Durachen | 1882-1909 | An inland village of Chelsea Township, it was about 15 miles northeast of Eldorado. The population in 1910 was 58. |
| Edgcomb | 1880-1888 | A small community in Murdock Township in northwest Butler County. It had several homes, a post office, of which Jesse Aaron Hawes was the first postmaster, and a general store. |
| Foster | 1899-1905 | Was about five miles northeast of Eldorado. |
| Four Mile | 1870-1872 | The post office moved to Lorena. |
| Freedom | 1874-1900 | In Bloomington Township. |
| Gordon | 1884-1936 | A station on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad 19 miles south of Eldorado. It was in Walnut Township, on the Walnut River. In 1910, it had a money order post office, an express office, a good local retail trade, and a population of 28. It became a Company-owned Oil Town. |
| Haverhill | 1880-1933 | A station on the St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad, it was ten miles south of Eldorado. In 1910, it had a money order post office, a cooperative telephone company, and an express office, was a trading and shipping point for the neighborhood, and had a population of 50. |
| Hickory | 1877-1880 1886 |
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| Indianola/Smithfield | 1871-1902 | In Benton Township. The name changed from Smithfield to Indianola on June 1, 1874. It was 12 miles southwest of Eldorado and eight miles northwest of Augusta. |
| Keighley | 1880-1943 | On the St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad, in Glencoe Township, it was 16 miles southeast of Eldorado. In 1910, it had a money order post office, some local trade, and a population of 75. |
| Knipeville | 1917 | The post office was only open for about five months. The post office order of change was rescinded. |
| Koke | 1896 | The post office was open for less than a month. The post office order of change was rescinded. |
| Kossuth | None | Chartered 1858. Probably a paper town. |
| Lorena | 1872-1902 | The post office moved from Four Mile. The St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad went through the land of Stephen Harrison Chase, and a townsite was laid out. He was the postmaster and station agent and the town was named for his daughter. When Andover was laid out, Lorena died. It was in Bruno Township 16 miles southwest of Eldorado and seven miles west of Augusta. |
| Midian | 1918-1950 | Company-owned Oil Town. |
| Midland | 1872-1873 | The post office moved to Minneha. |
| Minneha | 1877-1880 | The post office moved to Cloud. |
| Modena | 1874-1882 | |
| Murdock | 1872-1873 1875-1902 |
In Murdock Township, it was 12 miles west of Eldorado and six miles north of Benton, the nearest shipping point. |
| Nellans | 1882-1892 | In Fairmont Township. |
| New Excelsior | 1875-1880 | |
| Numa | 1886-1904 | It was located 18 miles south of Eldorado and five miles east of Gordon, the nearest shipping point. |
| Oil City | 1877-1880 | |
| Oil Hill | 1917-1958 | Company-owned Oil Town. |
| Oil Valley | 1920-1922 | |
| Ophir | 1881-1886 | |
| Overton | 1867-1869 | |
| Palmyra | 1876-1900 | In Murdock Township. |
| Pendell | 1871-1880 | |
| Pine Grove | 1874-1895 | In Rock Creek Township. |
| Plum Grove | 1870-1888 | In Plum Grove Township. |
| Pontiac | 1873-1926 | In Prospect Township. |
| Providence | 1881-1896 | In Richand Township. |
| Quito | 1870-1881 | |
| Redden | 1875-1885 | |
| Richland Centre | 1878-1881 | |
| Spring Branch | 1871 | The post office was open for less than five months. |
| Sunnyside | 1876-1880 | The post office moved from Brownlow. |
| Sycamore Springs | 1868-1906 | A rural hamlet located 20 miles northeast of Eldorado and three miles west of Cassody. |
| Tint | 1899-1911 | A country post office in Syracuse Township, 25 miles northeast of Eldorado and 16 miles south of Bazaar, the nearest shipping point. The population in 1910 was 20. |
| Tolle | 1885-1886 | The post office moved to Wingate. |
| Wah Wah | 1870-1871 | The post office was only open for about eight months. |
| Walnut | 1870-1876 | it was on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad. |
| Wendell | 1901-1904 | |
| Wingate | 1886-1889 | The post office moved from Tolle. It was in Union Township. |
| Worth | 1886-1887 | In Fairmont Township. The post office moved to Elbing. |
©Kathy Alexander/Legends of Kansas, updated May 2024.
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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