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| Place Name | County | Place Type | Post Office Dates | More Information |
| Bachelder | Riley | Name change. | Incorporated 1858. Now Milford. | |
| Bachelor | McPherson | Lost Town | ||
| Bacon | Lincoln | Lost Town | ||
| Badger City, Badger Creek | Lyon | Lost Town | 1873-1896 | Badger Creek was southwest of Reading and two miles east of Lang. |
| Baker’s Ford | Nemaha | California Trail Crossing | NA | Afterward, a town called Urbana was established here, which is a lost town today. |
| Baker’s Park | Wyandotte | Lost Town | Also called Barker’s Tank, it was eight miles from Wyandotte. | |
| Baldwin’s Ferry | Douglas | Lost Place | NA | Operated on the Kansas River at Lawrence, 1855-72, John Baldwin, proprietor. |
| Ballard | Smith | Lost Town | ||
| Baltimore | Cowley | Lost Town | ||
| Bancroft | Coffey | Lost Town | Discontinued 1882. | |
| Bancroft | Nemaha | Lost Town | 1891-1941 | Bancroft was located in Wetmore Township on the Missouri Pacific Railroad. |
| Bangor | Coffey | Lost Town | ||
| Banks | Osborne | Lost Town | ||
| Banks’ Ferry | Doniphan | Lost Place | NA | On the Missouri River at Iowa Point, operated 1844-1860s. William Banks & Andrew J. Hendren, proprietors. |
| Banner | Trego | Lost Town | 1879-1918 | |
| Bannock | Edwards | Lost Town | ||
| Bannville | Comanche | Lost Town | ||
| Bantam | Ellis | Lost Town | 1906-1910 | Located about 12 miles northwest of Hays, the post office moved to Hyacinth in 1910. |
| Baptiste, Baptiste Springs | Franklin | Name Change | P.O. changed to Peoria; two miles southeast of Ottawa. | |
| Barber County | Barber | Current County | Established in 1867 from unorganized area. The county seat is Medicine Lodge. | |
| Barker’s Tank | Wyandotte | Lost Town | Also called Baker’s Park, it was eight miles from Wyandotte. | |
| Barrett’s Mills | Woodson | Lost Town | ||
| Barry | Greenwood | Lost Town | 1874-1903 | Established in Coffey County (site moved). |
| Bartgestown | Rice | Lost Town | ||
| Bartleson | Johnson | Lost Town | 1872-1874 | |
| Bartlett’s Ferry | Geary | Lost Place | NA | Operated 1857-67 on the Smoky Hill River. Captain Samuel Bartlett, Proprietor. Near the mouth of the river, northeast of Junction City. |
| Barton | Labette | Name Change | Name changed to Penfield. | |
| Barton County | Barton | Current County | NA | Established in 1867 from unorganized area. The county seat is Great Bend. |
| Base Line | Crawford | Lost Town | 1870-1872 | |
| Basham | Lincoln | Lost Town | ||
| Bateman | Clay | Lost Town | ||
| Bath | Woodson | Lost Town | Name changed to Defiance. | |
| Batino | Cheyenne | Lost Town | ||
| Battlesville | Miami | Lost Town | Indian village at junction of Bull and Indian Creeks. | |
| Battle Creek | Lincoln | Lost Town | ||
| Battle Hill | McPherson | Lost Town | ||
| Battle Hill | Miami | Lost Town | Chartered 1858, by O.C. Brown. | |
| Bayne’s Bridge | Doniphan | Lost Place | Built in 1873 at Wolf River, south of Highland. W. J. Bayne, Proprietor. Bridge erected by Doniphan County. This crossing served Fort Leavenworth and the Great Nemaha Subagency in 1842, and may also have been used by emigrants from St. Joseph and Atchison. It was part of the Elwood & Marysville Territorial Road of 1859. | |
| Bazaar | Chase | Extinct Town. | ||
| Beach Grove | Graham | Lost Town | ||
| Beach Trading Post, Beach Valley | Marion | Lost Town | Near Lyons in Rice County. It was incorporated in 1860 by A. Beach and others. | |
| Bear Creek | Stanton | Lost Town | ||
| Beatty’s Ferry | Atchison | Lost Place | NA | Operated 1856-59 on Independence Creek about two miles above its junction with Deer Creek. A toll bridge was constructed by the Kansas Express Stage Co. c1860. Joseph B. Beatty, Proprietor. |
| Beaubien & Ogee Ferry | Shawnee? | Lost Place | NA | Operated 1849-53 on the Kansas River at the mouth of Cross Creek. Charles Beaubien and Lewis Ogee, Propritors. |
| Beaver | Cowley | Lost Town | ||
| Beaver | Osborne | Lost Town | ||
| Beaumont | Cherokee | Lost Town | 1879 | The post office originally moved from Lostine. It was only open for seven months. |
| Beaver | Smith | Name Change | Name changed – to Reamsville | |
| Beaver Creek | Cloud | Lost Town | It had a post office from April 1871 to December 1877. | |
| Beavertown | Miami | Lost Town | Four miles east of Paola. | |
| Bed Rock | Lost Town | |||
| Bedford | Stafford | Lost Town | Vacated 1899. | |
| Bee | Montgomery | Lost Town | Six miles from Havana | |
| Beekman | Washington | Lost Town | ||
| Beelerville | Ness | Lost Town | Vacated 1901. | |
| Belbone | Sumner | Lost Town | 1879 | Chartered 1879 |
| Belfast | Gray | Lost Town | ||
| Belfield | Rush | Lost Town | ||
| Belknap | Chautauqua | Lost Town | ||
| Bell | Leavenworth | Lost Town | 1871-1872 | |
| Bell | Washington | Lost Town | ||
| Bell City | Lane | Lost Town | ||
| Bell Grove | Greenwood | Lost Town | 1870-1872 | The post office moved to Climax. |
| Belle Meade | Meade | Lost Town | ||
| Belle Springs | Dickinson | Lost Town | ||
| Bellefont | Ford | Lost Town | 1878-1896 1904-1957 |
Planners of Bellefont hoped it would be a railhead and an important junction for the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad. However, that didn’t happen. Today there are but a few farms and a grain elevator. |
| Bellegarde | Pottawatomie | Lost Town | ||
| Bellemont, Belmont | Doniphan | Lost Town | Formerly Whitehead. Incorporated 1860. Vacated 1876 | |
| Bellemont | Greenwood | Lost Town | ||
| Bellevue | Jackson | Lost Town | ||
| Belmont, Fort Belmont | Woodson | Lost Town | Trading post, 1856; Post office 1859. | |
| Belvidere | Kiowa | Lost Town | ||
| Belvoir | Douglas | Lost Town | 1869-1903 | Located on the Santa Fe Trail. The old townsite was flooded when Clinton Lake was established. |
| Beman | Morris | Lost Town | 1875-1906 | Beman was located on one of the tributaries of the Neosho River. It was in the northeast corner of Morris County, about 13 miles from Council Grove. |
| Benicia | Morris | Lost Town | ||
| Benicia | Douglas | Lost Town | Located on the south bank of the Kansas River about three miles southeast of Lecompton and five and one-half miles northwest of Lawrence. It once had a population of 20 persons, this place was incorporated by the Bogus Legislature in 1855. | |
| Bennett’s Station | Marshall | Lost Town | Post office 1859 | |
| Bennettville | Russell | Lost Town | ||
| Ben’s Ranch | Ellsworth | Lost Town | 1875-1894 | Eleven miles northeast of Ellsworth. |
| Berea | Franklin | Lost Town | ||
| Bureau | Logan | Lost Town | 1885-1887 | A post office opened in September 1885. It was moved to McAllaster in May 1887. |
| Bero | Cherokee | Lost Town | ||
| Bertie | Graham | Lost Town | ||
| Berwick | Nemaha | Lost Town | 1887-1937 | Berwick was a little station on the Chicago and Rock Island Railroad. |
| Bethany | Osborne | Name Change | Now Portis | |
| Bethany | Smith | Lost Town | ||
| Bethel | Marion | Lost Town | ||
| Beulah | Crawford | Extinct Town | 1874-1955 | Located in Sheridan Township, the town was founded in 1874 by a colony of Methodists. |
| Beverley | Sumner | Lost Town | It had a post office from April 1878 to February 1885. It was also in Sedgwick County for a time. The site moved. | |
| Big Bend | Jewell | Lost Town | ||
| Big Bend | Phillips | Lost Town | ||
| Big Bend | Republic | Lost Town | ||
| Big Blue City | Johnson | Lost Town | 1858 | Chartered 1858. |
| Big Creek | Bourbon | Lost Town | Post office 1859. | |
| Big Creek Station | Ellis | Lost Town | 1867 | The post office moved from Fort Fletcher, only open for four months. The post office moved to Hays. |
| Big Hill or Spring Hill | Montgomery | Lost Town | P.O. and Indian town | |
| Big John, Big John Spring | Morris | Lost Place | Campsite on the Santa Fe Trail, east of Council Grove. It was named for Big John Walker, a member of Sibley survey party of 1825. | |
| Big Labette | Neosho | Lost Town | ||
| Big Springs | Douglas | Extinct Town | Northwest corner of the county, three miles from the Kansas River. Still a small village. | |
| Big Timber | Ellis | Lost Town | Post office 1868 | |
| Big Timber, | Riley | Lost Town | ||
| Big Timbers | Wallace | Lost Town | ||
| Big Turkey Creek Ranch | Marion | Lost Town | On Santa Fe Trail; Post office 1864. | |
| Billingsville | Norton | Lost Town | ||
| Bill’s Creek | Davis | Lost Town | ||
| Birch | Sedgwick | Lost Town | ||
| Bird Nest | Pawnee | Lost Town | ||
| Birmingham | Haskell | Lost Town | Vacated 1895. | |
| Bishop | Jewell | Lost Town | ||
| Bismark | Lincoln | Lost Town | ||
| Bismark | Wabaunsee | Lost Town | ||
| Bismarck Grove | Douglas | Lost Pace | NA | Bismarck Grove was once one of the most beautiful natural parks in the state. Later a fairground. Now part of Lawrence. |
| Bitter or Bittertown | Lyon | Lost Town | ||
| Black Bob | Johnson | Lost Town | 1875-1879 | Indian village. |
| Black Hawk | Osborn | Lost Town | ||
| Black Jack | Douglas | Lost Town | 1858-1894 | On the Santa Fe Trail. The Battle of Black Jack was fought here on June 2, 1856. Historic site today. |
| Blackjack Spring | Pottawatomie | Lost Place | NA | Campsite on Fort Leavenworth-Fort Riley at St. George. |
| Blacksmith | Shawnee | Lost Town | ||
| Black Vermillion Crossing | Marshall | Lost Place | NA | On the Oregon Trail. |
| Blaiseville | Wallace | Lost Town | ||
| Blakeman | Rawlins | Lost Town | West of Atwood; townsite sold in 1910. | |
| Blake’s Town – See Kansas Falls | Lost Town | |||
| Blanchvilie | Marshall | Lost Town | ||
| Blanton | Douglas | Lost Town | 1855-1856 | Blanton’s Bridge at Oregon & California Trail crossing of the Wakarusa River south of Lawrence in 1855. |
| Blendon | Sedgwick | Lost Town | ||
| Bloomfield | Elk | Lost Town | ||
| Bloomfield | Montgomery | Lost Town | ||
| Blooming Grove | Linn | Lost Town | Site of a Chouteau trading post. | |
| Bloomingdale | Barber | Lost Town | ||
| Bloomingdale | Barton | 1876-1883 | The Bloomingdale Cemetery still stands about three miles northwest of Claflin, Kansas. | |
| Bloomingdale | McPherson | Name Change. | Now Roxbury. | |
| Bloomington | Atchison | Name Change. | Now Rushville. | |
| Bloomington | Douglas | Name Change. | Post office 1855, Incorporated 1857. Changed to Clinton, 1858. | |
| Blue Jackets Crossing | Douglas | Lost Place | Also called Blue Jackets Ford. Crossing of the Wakarusa River c1855. | |
| Blue Mound | Wallace | Lost Town | ||
| Blue Stem | Russell | Lost Town | ||
| Bluemont. | Riley | Lost Town | Vacated 1869; now Agricultural College grounds. | |
| Bluff Creek | Harper | Lost Town | Now Bluff | |
| Bluff Creek Ranch | Ford | Lost Town | ||
| Bluffton | Ottawa | Lost Town | ||
| Bluffton Stage Station | Trego | Lost Place | NA | Bluffton Station in Trego County, Kansas, was a stop on the Butterfield Overland Despatch stage line on the Smoky Hill Trail. |
| Bluffville | Ellsworth | Lost Town | 1875-1887 | Moved to Geneseo, in Rice County, in 1887. |
| Bly | Clark | Lost Town | ||
| Boaz | Greenwood | Lost Town | 1882-1883 | |
| Boicourt/Barnard/Cobb | Linn | Lost Town | 1869-1964 | Boicourt was once located about three miles northwest of Trading Post. |
| Bolcker | Washington | Lost Town | ||
| Boling – See Bowling Green. | Franklin | Lost Town | ||
| Boling | Leavenworth | Lost Town | 1882-1918 | On the Leavenworth & Topeka Railroad about nine miles southwest of Leavenworth. |
| Bonasa | Wichita | Name Change. | Changed to Leoti. | |
| Bonanza | Cherokee | Name Change. | Now Galena; also called Empire City and Short Creek. | |
| Bonaville | McPherson | Lost Town | ||
| Bond/Lone Star | Douglas | Extinct Town | 1875-1953 | First settled in 1854 by pro-slavery advocates who wanted slavery to be legal in Kansas Territory. The town name changed from Bond to Lone Star in 1899. This area still has an active church, another commercial building, and several area homes. |
| Bond’s Landing | Doniphan | Lost Place | Established 1846 about 15 miles above St. Joseph on the Missouri River at the mouth of Dillon’s Creek; former Jamestown Landing? | |
| Bonewitz | Barton | Lost Town | 1882-1884 | |
| Bonifield & Roberts Ferry | Doniphan | Lost Place | NA | Established in 1852 on the Missouri River at Boston, Missouri. Peter S. Roberts, Proprietor. The road on the Kansas side was called “Boston Ferry Road” during the Territorial period. |
| Bonita | Johnson | Lost Town | 1890-1934 | A small town located about five miles south of Olathe. |
| Bonny Doon | Ness | Lost Town | ||
| Boonville | Coffey | Lost Town | At or near present Ottumwa. | |
| Booth | Reno | Name Change. | The name changed to Fernie, 1903. | |
| Border | Elk | Lost Town | ||
| Bosland/Attica | Ellsworth | Name Change. | 1871-1873 | Name change from Attica to Bosland after five months. In 1873, Bosland became Wilson. |
| Bosna | Trego | Lost Town | 1880-1921 | It was located on Big Creek, about 12 miles southwest of Wakeeney, the most convenient railroad station. |
| Boston | Chautauqua | Lost Town | Founded in 1871 | |
| Boston | Riley | Lost Town | Now Manhattan. | |
| Boston Ferry | Doniphan | Lost Place | NA | Established in 1851 on the Missouri River at Amazonia, Missouri. Perhaps named for Boston family. John Bostonlived on the Kansas side in 1868. |
| Boston Ferry | Doniphan | Lost Place | NA | Established in 1849 on the Missouri River miles above St. Joseph, Missouri. A town named Fairview was platted in 1857 at the landing on the Kansas side. |
| Boston Mills | Cherokee | Lost Town | 1874-1893 | Located on the Spring River about two miles north of Empire City. |
| Bourassa’s Mills, Bursaw’s Mills | Wabaunsee | Lost Town | Indian village near Maple Hill. | |
| Bourbon | Bourbon | Current County | Established in 1855, it was one of the original 36 counties. The county seat is Fort Scott. | |
| Bourbonnais Toll Bridge | Shawnee | Lost Place | NA | Located on Bourbonnais Creek two east of St. Mary’s Mission on the Oregon Trail. Peter Bourbonnais, a mixed-blood Pottawatomie Indian was the proprietor. He also owned a sawmill and trading post at this location. |
| Bovard | Crawford | Lost Town | ||
| Bowdenville | Smith | Lost Town | ||
| Bowling Green, Boling | Franklin | Name Change. | Post office 1855, abolished 1857. Name changed to Ohio City, now Princeton. | |
| Boyd/Maherville | Barton | Lost Town | 1874-1937 | First called Maherville when it began as a station on the Missouri Pacific Railroad |
| Boyer | Rawlins | Lost Town | ||
| Boyle | Jefferson | Lost Town | 1872-1882 1884-1945 |
Boyle was a station on the Union Pacific Railroad. |
| Box City | Cowley | Lost Town | ||
| Bozarth, Charleston | Doniphan | Lost Town | The post office was established in 1900 on the old site of Charleston. | |
| Bradley Springs | Ellsworth | Lost Town | 1874-1883 | Moved to Winston in 1883. |
| Brairerd | Butler | Lost Town | ||
| Braman Hill | Wyandotte | Lost Town | ||
| Bramlette | Woodson | Lost Town | ||
| Branchport, Holmwood | Jewell | Lost Town | ||
| Brantford | Washington | Lost Town | ||
| Bray | Sherman | Lost Town | ||
| Brazilton | Crawford | Lost Town | 1882-1966 | |
| Breezy Hill | Crawford | Lost Town | 1916-1919 | Breezy Hill, was a small unincorporated mining camp located about two miles east of Arma. At one time it had many homes, a school, and several businesses. |
| Brett | Norton | Lost Town | ||
| Bridge | Saline | Lost Town | ||
| Briggsvale | Wyandotte | Lost Town | Located at the Delaware Baptist Mission, 1847. | |
| Bridlong | Cherokee | Lost Town | ||
| Brigham | Greenwood | Lost Town | 1890-1893 | |
| Bright | Ness | Lost Town | Established 1879. | |
| Bristol | Jefferson | Lost Town | On the north bank of the Kansas River. | |
| Bristow | Osborne | Lost Town | ||
| Britton | Butler | Lost Town | ||
| Brittsville | Mitchell | Name Change. | Now Simpson. | |
| Broadview | Saline | Lost Town | ||
| Brookdale | Rice | Name Change. | Now Lyons. | |
| Brookdale | Rush | Lost Town | ||
| Brooklyn | Barton | Lost Town | 1883-1887 | |
| Brooklyn | Douglas | Lost Town | ||
| Brooklyn | Lincoln | Lost Town | ||
| Brooklyn | Linn | Lost Town | 1857-1871 | Chartered 1858. A pro-slavery settlement that got its start in the fall of 1855 |
| Bross | Kingman | Lost Town | ||
| Brough, Hayes | Nemaha | Lost Town | 1877-1880 | This town was first called Hayes. Changed to Brough in 1877. |
| Brown | Brown | Current County | NA | One of the original 36 counties, it was established in 1855. Hiawatha is the county seat. |
| Brown Rock, Carter | Washington | Lost Town | Formerly Carter. | |
| Brownlee | Atchison | Lost Town | 1885-1887 | |
| Brownlow | Butler | Lost Town | ||
| Brown’s Creek | Mitchell | Lost Town | ||
| Brown’s Grove | Pawnee | Lost Town | ||
| Brownville | Shawnee | Lost Town | Incorporated 1857. | |
| Bruce | Crawford | Lost Town | 1898-1906 | |
| Bruce City | Dickinson | Lost Town | ||
| Bruno | Montgomery | Lost Town | ||
| Brush Creek, Neutral | Cherokee | Name Change | Name changed to Neutral. | |
| Brushville | Cherokee | Lost Town | 1858-1860 1861-1862 1866-1867 |
Brushville was originally settled within the Cherokee Neutral Lands. It was located west of Riverton. |
| Bryan | Doniphan | Name Change | The name changed to Wathena in 1856. | |
| Bryan’s Bridge | Geary | Lost Place | NA | Established in 1858 on Madison Creek, on the Fort Riley-Fort Kearny Military Road. |
| Bryant | Butler | Lost Town | ||
| Buchanan | Saline | Lost Town | Located near the mouth of Solomon River, incorporated in 1857, | |
| Buckcreek | Jefferson | Lost Town | 1899-1905 | Buckcreek was a station on the Union Pacific Railroad. Today the old Buckcreek school still stands at the site. |
| Buckner | Hodgeman | Lost Town | 1880-91 | Arthur Dickinson, postmaster. |
| Buckner Creek Crossing | Hodgeman | Lost Place | Located on the Fort Hays-Fort Dodge Military Road. Buckner Creek was named for Simon B. Buckner c1855, who later became a Confederate general. Coincidentally, the ranch at the crossing was owned by a man named Buckner. | |
| Bucks Grove | Jackson | Lost Town | ||
| Buda | Ness | Lost Town | ||
| Buckeye | Trego | Lost Town | Established in 1886, Buckeye was located somewhere south of the Smoky Hill River. | |
| Buel | Mitchell | Lost Town | ||
| Buenna Vista | Barber | Lost Town | ||
| Buena Vista | Barton | Lost Town | 1879-1887 | The post office moved to Hoisington in April 1887. |
| Buffalo | Davis | Lost Town | The Town association was incorporated in 1857. | |
| Buffalo | Doniphan | Lost Town | Near Eagle Springs. | |
| Buffalo, Buffalo Park | Gove | Lost Town | ||
| Buffalo Creek | Ellsworth | Lost Town | ||
| Buffalo Junction | Cloud | Name Change | The name was changed to Yuma. A post office was operated at Yuma from May 1880 and December 1900. the settlement was populated from 1878 until the 1930s. Yuma is also a lost town today. A historical marker remains where the town once stood. It was located near the intersections of K-28 and County Road 777. | |
| Buffton | Ottawa | Name Change | ||
| Buffton, Buffville | Wilson | Name Change | The name changed to Buffville. | |
| Bull City | Osborne | Name Change | Now Alton | |
| Bull Creek | Johnson | Lost Town | Twelve miles east of Baldwin, on the Santa Fe Trail. | |
| Bull Creek Crossing | Johnson | Lost Place | On the Oregon Trail c1840; Jim? Rogers, Shawnee Indian, Proprietor. He farmed; provided meals & lodgings to travelers. | |
| Buncombe | Brown | Name Change | The name changed to St. Francis in November. 1871. | |
| Bundy’s Ferry | Miami | Lost Place | Operating in 1859 over the Marais des Cygnes River, one mile south of Stanton. Josiah Bundy, Proprietor. | |
| Bunker Hill | Atchison | Lost Town | ||
| Burdenville | Cowley | Name Change | Now Burden. | |
| Burnside | Atchison | Lost Town | 1857-1858 | |
| Burnt Creek | Greenwood | Lost Town | 1873-1874 | |
| Bursaw’s Mills, Bourassa’s Mills. | Wabaunsee | Lost Town | Indian village near Maple Hill. | |
| Bushnell | Sumner | Lost Town | The post office here Ninnescah in February 1878. It closed in November 1879. | |
| Butler | Washington | Lost Town | ||
| Butler City | Pottawatomie | Lost Town | ||
| Butler County | Butler | Current County | One of the original 36 counties, was established in 1855. The county seat is El Dorado | |
| Butler’s, Middletown. | Jefferson | Lost Town | Established in 1858. Midway between Lecompton and Leavenworth. | |
| Butte | Logan | Lost Town | 1885-1891 | A post office opened in May 1888 and closed in March 1891. |
| Butterfly | Kingman | Lost Town | ||
| Byron, or Harbine | Republican | Lost Town | ||
| Byron | Woodson | Lost Town |