A farm near the old town of St. Joseph, Kansas, by Kathy Alexander.
Extinct Towns:
More Extinct Towns:
| Town | Post Office Dates | Additional Information |
| Alva | 1871-1878 | The post office moved to Jamestown. |
| Ames | 1878-1993 | Ames, Kansas, is an extinct town in Shirley Township of Cloud County. However, it is a census-designated place, and as of the 2020 census, its population was 33. |
| Arion | 1870-1872 1875-1883 |
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| Beaver Creek | 1871-1877 | |
| Camp Concordia | None |
 Camp Concordia, KS – POW Camp by Kathy Alexander. Camp Concordia was a prisoner-of-war (POW) camp in Cloud County, Kansas. It operated from 1943 to 1945 during World War II. |
| Carmel | 1873-1886 1887-1894 |
Carmel was a country post office in Colfax Township. In 1894, its mail was delivered tri-weekly. A.C. Matson, the postmaster, and a farmer. It was 15 miles southeast of Concordia, the county seat, and four from Sulphur Springs, its nearest shipping point. |
| Cloud | 1881 | The post office was only open from May to December 1881. |
| Como | 1900-1904 | Como was located about 7.5 miles east of Aurora. |
| Cool | 1881-1887 | |
| Fannie | 1870-1878 | A rural post office on the Smoky Hill River in Empire Township, about 12 miles southeast of Ellsworth. |
| Garley-Wild Rover-Garly | 1873-1876 1876-1881 |
The Garly post office opened on June 3, 1873, and moved to Wild Rover on February 1, 1876. on August 4, 1876, the post office name was changed to Garley. The post office closed for good on January 15, 1881. |
| Gillespie | 1879-1883 | Gillespie was a station on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad. |
| Graves | 1882-1889 1890-1904 |
Graves was a small town in the central part of Cloud County. The Graves post office was established in the store of Thomas Graves, for whom the post office was named. It was located on a state section of land owned by Matt Wilcox. He sold the building to J.B. Wilcox and the goods to Sherman Dodson, who was appointed postmaster. Shortly afterward, the building and its contents were destroyed by fire. For a time, the office was discontinued. In 1894, it had a grocery store, a general store, and a population of 30. |
| Green Cove | 1879-1881 | |
| Half Way-Cransdale | 1872-1877 1877-1900 |
In the early days, it was thought best to establish a mail route with Concordia as the distributing office. On May 16, 1872, Cransdale was located, and Samuel Hannum was appointed postmaster. He held this position until 1877, when the office was moved to the residence of John C. Orput, who lived halfway between Concordia and Beloit on the summit of the divide between the Republican and Solomon River Valleys. The name was changed to Half Way on April 11, 1877. In 1894, Scottsville, 7 miles distant, was the closest shipping point, and its mail was delivered to J.S. Abbey, the postmaster, and a farmer. It was 18 miles southwest of Concordia, the county seat. |
| Heber | 1881-1904 | Heber was a country post office in Aurora Township. It was near the head of East Pipe Creek, about 15 miles southeast of Concordia. After its post office closed, mail was received through the post office at Miltonvale. |
| Huscher | 1892-1914 1915-1934 |
Huscher, located in Nelson Township, was six miles southeast of Concordia. It was named for David Huscher, the postmaster. It had a station on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad and was connected to Concordia by telephone in the early 1900s. By 1910, it had a local trade, did some shipping, and was called home to about 50 people. |
| Hollis-Sunday-Christie | 1885-1960 |
 Hollis, Kansas This town was first called Christie for W.J. Christie, the original owner of the townsite. However, when the community received a post office, its name was changed to Sunday. That was also brief, as, after just six months, the town’s name was changed again to Hollis for a pioneer family on August 27, 1885. In May 1909, a tornado hit Hollis, which caused severe damage and killed several people. Only three buildings escaped damage. By 1910, it was a shipping point at the junction of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, and Union Pacific Railroads. At that time, it had a money order post office with one rural route, a telegraph office, a good local trade, and a population of 50. The community still displays several homes, silos, and one old business building. Area students attend school in Concordia. |
| Key | 1878-1881 | |
| Lawrenceburg/Salt Creek | 1868-1869 1869-1901 |
The post office name changed from Salt Creek to Lawrenceburg on January 15, 1869. It was named for L.D. Lawrence, a Cloud County pioneer. It was a station on the Union Pacific Railroad, about midway between Concordia and Clyde, in the prosperous Salt Creek Valley. In 1894, it had express offices, telephone service, and a population of 20. It was seven miles northeast of Concordia, the seat |
| Macyville-Ten Mile | 1871-1879 1879-1905 |
This place was first called Ten Mile because it was midway between the Republican and Solomon Rivers. When a post office was established on October 1, 1871, George W. Macy was the postmaster. On August 22, 1879, the name was changed to Macyville, taking its origin from its founder and first postmaster. Mr. Macy conducted a store and continued as postmaster. In about 1890, Macyville had three stores, and the little town did a flourishing business. At its peak, it had a population of about 200. The Methodist Episcopal congregation was organized in 1892, and a church was built for $1,100 the following year. The Macyville school was one mile north of the town. In 1894, it had a general store, a blacksmith, a druggist, and a population of 100. At that time, it was on the tri-weekly stage route from Scottsville to Concordia, from which the mail was delivered to G.W. Macy, the postmaster. In 1903, it had a store of general merchandise operated by A.E. Danderand and had one of the best-equipped blacksmith shops in the county, owned by E.N. Burgeson. The population in 1910 was 62. The town was in Summit Township, nine miles southwest of Concordia and about 11 miles northeast of Glasco. |
| Malta | 1875-1884 | Malta was a country post office in Oakland Township. |
| Meredith | 1871-1910 | Meredith was a small town in Cloud County, about 15 miles south of Concordia and eight miles from Delphos, its nearest banking and shipping point. In 1894, it had a general store, a blacksmith, a carpenter and wagonmaker, a barber, a hotel, and a justice of the peace. The population in 1910 was 78. |
| Minersville | 1877-1899 | Minersville was a small coal mining town located near the northern border of Cloud County. |
| Nelson | 1873-1888 | Nelson was a country post office in Nelson Township. |
| Oneonta | 1890-1894 |
 Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad in Oneonta, Kansas, 1931. This town was on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad. |
| Princeville | 1871-1882 | |
| Red Stone | 1869-1887 | Red Stone was situated on the Central Branch of the Union Pacific Railroad in Lawrence Township. |
| Rice | 1878-1980 |
 An old business building in Rice, Kansas. Rice is located in Lawrence Township, six miles east of Concordia. At the turn of the century, it had a store, an extensive elevator, a neat little house of worship, and a school building. In 1910, it was situated on the Missouri Pacific Railroad, had a money order post office with one rural route, some local trade, and a population of 89. Its proximity to the more significant trading center of Concordia inhibited its growth. Today, it continues to have a small population, homes, grain silos, and an old business building. A stone arch bridge, built in 1899 and restored in 1990, can be seen just north of Rice. Students in the area attend school in nearby Concordia. |
| Shirley/Elm Creek | 1868-1878 | A post office was established on January 29, 1868. On January 13, 1869, the name was changed from Elk Creek to Shirley. It closed on May 28, 1878, and moved to Ames. |
| Sibley | 1868-1876 |
 Sibley Old School. Sibley was founded in 1869 and named for Lake Sibley. Both were named for a career soldier named Henry Hopkins Sibley. It was once in the running for the county seat but lost in an 1870 run-off election against Concordia. The lake dried up, the town of Concordia grew up nearby, attracting more settlers, and the population of Sibley drifted away. The area is now abandoned, and the land is privately owned and used for farming. |
| St. Joseph | 1878-1882 1885-1901 |
 St. Joseph Catholic Church St. Joseph was founded in 1873 by its first Catholic pastor, Father Louis-Marie Mollier. Though little is left of the town today, the beautiful St. Joseph Catholic Church rises above the prairie. |
| Sulphur Spring | 1875-1895 | Sulphur Springs was a country post office in Aurora Township. |
| Warren | 1871-1886 | Warren was a country post office in Summit Township. |
| Welcome | 1884-1885 | Welcome was a country post office in Summit Township. |
| Yuma | 1880-1881 1882-1888 1889-1900 |
Yuma was located on the Missouri Pacific Railroad five miles west of Concordia, near the intersections of K-28 and County Road 777. A historical marker remains where the town once stood, populated from 1878 until the 1930s. |
| Zahnville | 1873-1882 | The post office moved to Miltonvale. |
©Kathy Alexander/Legends of Kansas, updated December 2024.
Cloud County, Kansas by L.H. Everts & Co., 1887.
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Sources:
1894 Gazetteer and Business Directory, R. L. Polk & Co., Detroit, MI
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.
Hollibuagh, E.F.; Biographical History of Cloud County, Kansas; Wilson, Humphrey & Company, 1903.
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