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| Place Name | County | Place Type | Post Office Dates | More Information |
| Cabbell | Logan | Lost Town | 1887-1909 | A post office opened in August 1887 and closed in September 1909. |
| Cabin Valley | Cowley | Lost Town | ||
| Cadmus | Linn | Ghost Town | 1877-1902 | Technically an extinct town because it no longer has a post office. However, there are a few remaining buildings and homes. |
| Cady | Linn | Lost Town | 1871-1876 | |
| Cain City | Ellsworth | Lost Town | ||
| Calcutta | Douglas | Lost Town | Six miles west of Lawrence. | |
| Calhoun | Shawnee | Lost Town | Incorporated in 1855. It was located on the north side of the Kansas River near the Jefferson County line. | |
| California | Coffey | Lost Town | Located in 1857 and abandoned in 1859. | |
| California, Lucretia | Lane | Lost Town | Established 1879. The name changed to Lucretia. | |
| Callison | Graham | Lost Town | ||
| Calmar or Calmer | McPherson | Lost Town | ||
| Camden, Skiddy | Morris | Ghost Town | Name change to Skiddy, which is a ghost town today. | |
| Cameron Ferry | Douglas | Lost Place | Operating in 1857 on the Kansas River about two and one-half miles up river from Lawrence. Hugh Cameron, Proprietor. | |
| Camp Alert | Pawnee | Lost Place | Was first called Camp on Pawnee Fork, in 1859. Name changed to Camp Alert, 1860; changed to Fort Larned, 1860; abandoned in 1878. | |
| Camp Bateman | Leavenworth | Lost Place | Temporary camp near Fort Leavenworth, 1857. | |
| Camp Beecher, Camp Butterfield, Camp Davidson. | Sedgwick | Lost Place | Located where Wichita now stands. | |
| Camp Center | Riley | Name change | Established in 1852, this was the first name of Fort Riley. | |
| Camp Cooke | Leavenworth | Lost Place | Temporary camp near Leavenworth, July 1857. | |
| Camp Crawford | Shawnee | Lost Place | Recruiting camp for Nineteenth Kansas, 1868; near Topeka. | |
| Camp Creek | Coffey | Lost Place | Post office 1859. | |
| Camp Criley | Pawnee | Lost Place | Railway camp near Garfield. | |
| Camp Funston | Riley | Lost Place | Camp Funston, was established at Fort Riley, Kansas, after the outbreak of World War I and work began on the camp in the summer of 1917. | |
| Camp Jewell, Fort Jewell | Jewell | Lost Place | ||
| Camp Leedy | Shawnee | Lost Place | Established in 1898 in Topeka. This was a recruiting camp for Kansas troops during the Spanish- American War. | |
| Camp Magruder | Leavenworth | Lost Place | Temporary camp for Utah recruits established in 1860. It was near Fort Leavenworth. | |
| Camp on Pawnee Fork | Pawnee | Lost Place | Camp on Pawnee Fork, 1859. Name changed to Camp Alert, 1860; changed to Fort Larned, 1860; abandoned in 1878. | |
| Camp Pond Creek | Wallace | Name change. | Later Fort Wallace. | |
| Camp Sackett | Douglas | Lost Place | ||
| Camp Sanger | Geary | Lost Place | At or near Fort Riley. | |
| Camp Scott | Bourbon | Name change. | Changed to Fort Scott 1843. | |
| Camp Thompson | Leavenworth | Lost Place | Established in 1858, this was a temporary camp near Fort Leavenworth. | |
| Campbellton | Johnson | Lost Town | Near Glenwood. | |
| Canema | Shawnee | Lost Town | ||
| Canola | Howard | Lost Town | Founded in 1871, moved to Grenola, of which town it is now part. | |
| Canton | Anderson | Lost Town | Located in 1858. | |
| Canton | Riley | Lost Town | At or near Manhattan. | |
| Cantonment Leavenworth | Leavenworth | Name change | Post office was established May 1828, in Clay County, Missouri; changed to Fort Leavenworth, in 1832. | |
| Cantonment Martin, Cow Island | Atchison | Lost Place | A military post established in October 1818. | |
| Canville | Neosho | Lost Town | Trading post near Shawnee in 1844. | |
| Capaldo | Crawford | Lost Town | NA | Capaldo was a mining camp located two miles west of Frontenac. |
| Capioma | Nemaha | Lost Town | 1857-1906 | Capioma was established in 1856 on the Fort Leavenworth and Fort Laramie Military Road. |
| Caples’ Landing | Doniphan | Lost Place | NA | Operating in 1846 at present Amazonia, Missouri. Charles and William Caples, Proprietors. |
| Capto Station | Wabaunsee | Lost Town | ||
| Carbon | Crawford | Lost Town | ||
| Carbon | Jackson | Lost Town | ||
| Cariboo | Butler | Lost Town | ||
| Carietna | Barber | Lost Town | ||
| Carlisle | Hamilton | Lost Town | East of Syracuse. | |
| Carlyle | Wallace | Name Change | Changed to Cleaveland. | |
| Carmel | Cloud | Lost Town | ||
| Carmen | Meade | Lost Town | ||
| Carmi | Pratt | Lost Town | Established 1879. | |
| Carroll | Greenwood | Lost Town | 1887-1903 | A small community located 12 miles southeast of Eureka and 10 miles west of Toronto. |
| Carson | Brown | Lost Town | Chartered 1858. | |
| Carter | Washington | Name Change | Changed to Brown Rock. | |
| Carter Creek | Clay | Lost Town | ||
| Carter’s Springs | Cherokee | Lost Town | ||
| Carthage | Meade | Lost Town | ||
| Carthage | Shawnee | Lost Town | Located 1857, | |
| Carville | Labette | Lost Town | ||
| Cascade | Chautauqua | Lost Town | ||
| Cash City | Clark | Lost Town | Vacated 1895. | |
| Castle Rock | Trego | Lost Town | ||
| Catholic Mission | Neosho | Name Change | Post office 1851. The name changed to Osage Mission, now St. Paul. | |
| Cato | Crawford | Lost Town | 1867-1905 | Cato, Kansas, was the oldest town in Crawford County. |
| Cave Springs | Elk | Lost Town | Founded about 1880 as a health resort; formerly Montrose | |
| Cayuga | Atchison | Lost Town | ||
| Cedar | Rooks | Lost Town | ||
| Cedar Bluff | Anderson | Lost Town | One-half mile southeast of Garnett. | |
| Cedar Bluff | Ellsworth | ?? | Now Wilson. | |
| Cedar Bluff | Rooks | Lost Town | ||
| Cedar Creek | Cowley | Lost Town | ||
| Cedar Creek Bridge | Doniphan | Lost Place | The bridge operated in 1865 on White Cloud and Highland Road at Hewlett’s Crossing. | |
| Cedar Falls | Marshall | Lost Town | Near Waterville. | |
| Cedar Ford | Butler | Lost Town | ||
| Cedar Grove | Chase | Lost Town | ||
| Cedar Grove | Geary | Lost Town | Post office 1859 | |
| Cedar Junction | Johnson | Lost Town | 1877-1919 | Located on the south bank of the Kansas River about 19 miles southwest of Kansas City |
| Cedar Point | Geary | Lost Town | On Clark’s Creek, 1858. | |
| Cedar Point | Neosho | Lost Town | ||
| Cedarville | Smith | Name Change | Now Cedar | |
| Cedron | Lincoln | Lost Town | ||
| Celia | Gove | Lost Town | ||
| Celia | Rawlins | Lost Town | Buildings moved four miles west to McDonald in 1888; vacated in 1889. | |
| Centennial | Sumner | Lost Town | ||
| Center | Crawford | Lost Town | Near Girard, 1867, | |
| Center Grove | Shawnee | Lost Town | ||
| Center Mound | Republic | Lost Town | ||
| Center Ridge | Woodson | Lost Town | ||
| Centerville | Dickinson | Lost Town | ||
| Centerville | Jefferson | Name Change | None | Centerville was laid out in 1865, about midway between Perry and Medina. |
| Centerville | Leavenworth | Lost Town | ||
| Centerville | Osborne | Lost Town | Established 1873. | |
| Centerville | Wilson | Lost Town | ||
| Central City | Anderson | Lost Town | ||
| Central City | Nemaha | Lost Town | 1858-1863 | Central City was laid out in 1855, by William Dodge southeast of Baker’s Ford. |
| Centralia | Nemaha | Lost Town | One and a half miles north of the present town of that name; located in 1858; plat recorded May 30. 1860. | |
| Cerro Gordo | Jewell | Name Change | Location changed in 1879. | |
| Chalk, Chalk Mound. Exonville | Wabaunsee | Lost Town | ||
| Chalk Bluffs | Gove | Lost Town | On the Smoky Hill River. | |
| Challacombe | Greenwood | Lost Town | Chartered 1870. | |
| Challacombe | Ness | Lost Town | ||
| Challender’s | Shawnee | Lost Town | ||
| Chandler | Douglas | Lost Town | ||
| Chandler | Rooks | Lost Town | ||
| Chantilly | Kearny | Lost Town | Located April 1887; abandoned in 1888; houses moved to the new town site of Omaha. | |
| Chapman’s – See Whitfield | Shawnee | Lost Town | Voting precinct in 1854. | |
| Chapman’s Creek | Dickinson | Name Change | Now Chapman | |
| Chapman’s Creek Bridge | Dickinson | Built in 1859 on the Smoky Hill Trail near the mouth of Chapman’s Creek. Erected by U.S. Government. | ||
| Chapmanville | Clay | Name Change | Now Idana. | |
| Chard | Nemaha | Lost Town | ||
| Charity | Clay | Lost Town | ||
| Charleston, Bozarth | Doniphan | Lost Town | Post office 1859, discontinued 1868. In 1900, Bozarth was built on the same site. It too is a lost town. | |
| Charleston | Greenwood | Lost Town | 1873-1884 | The post office moved from Fall River. |
| Charleston | Wabaunsee | Lost Town | Post office 1859. | |
| Charleston | Washington | Lost Town | Chartered 1858 | |
| Charlotteville | Coffey | Lost Town | Incorporated 1857 | |
| Chase County | Chase | Current County | Formed from Butler and Wise counties in 1859. The county seat is Cottonwood Falls. | |
| Chautauqua County | Chautauqua | Current County | NA | Formed from Howard County in 1875. County seat is Sedan. |
| Checo | Cherokee | Lost Town | 1868-1877 | Checo |
| Cheeseman | Norton | Lost Town | Discontinued 1882. | |
| Cheever | Dickinson | Lost Town | ||
| Chelsea | Butler | Lost Town | Post office 1868. | |
| Cheshire | Morris | Lost Town | 1881-1887 | |
| Chemung | Franklin | Lost Town | East of Princeton. | |
| Cherokee | Cherokee | 1883-1885 | ||
| Cherokee | Wise | Lost Town | Incorporated 1857 | |
| Cherokee City | Cherokee | Lost Town | 1860-1862 1867-1870 |
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| Cherokee County | Cherokee | Current County | NA | One of the original 36 counties it was formed in 1855. It was first called McGee County. The county seat is Columbus. |
| Cherokee Mound | Cherokee | 1869-1870 | ||
| Cherry | Cherokee | 1882-1895 | The post office moved to Mineral. | |
| Cherry Creek | Anderson | Lost Town | Post office 1868. | |
| Cherry Creek | Woodson | Lost Town | ||
| Cherry Mound | Anderson | Lost Town | ||
| Cherryville | Labette | Lost Town | Chartered 1869. | |
| Chester | Jefferson | Lost Town | 1868-1902 | Chester had the first post office in Sarcoxie Township, soon after the area was settled. |
| Chetolah | Ellis | Lost Town | 1888-1897 | Chetolah got its start in 1886 as a potential railroad town. However, the railroad didn’t come through. The Palatine post office was moved to Chetolah in 1888. |
| Chetola, Chetolah | Geary | Lost Town | Established in 1855 north of Wreford, at the mouth of Lyons Creek. | |
| Cheyenne | Osborne | Lost Town | ||
| Cheyenne Bend | Barton | Lost Town | ||
| Cheyenne Bottom | Barton | Lost Town | 1875-1877 | |
| Cheyenne | Cheyenne | Current County | NA | Established in 1873 from unorganized area. St. Francis is the county seat. |
| Chicago | Sheridan | Lost Town | ||
| Chicago Heights | Shawnee | Lost Town | North of Topeka | |
| Chicago Junction | Neosho | Lost Town | Now part of Chanute. | |
| Chicago Mound | Lyon | Lost Town | None | Chicago Mound was a small town that was located five miles southeast of Emporia. There was a church here, but it was gone by 1915. All that remains is the cemetery. |
| Chickasaw | Coffey | Lost Town | ||
| Chickaskia | Sumner | Lost Town | ||
| Chicken Creek Crossing | Lyon | Lost Place | On the Santa Fe Trail. There were two fords here. | |
| Chico – Wee Checo | Cherokee | Lost Town | ||
| Chico | Saline | Lost Town | Located in December 1885, abandoned in 1888; vacated in 1895. | |
| Chicopee | Crawford | Extinct Town | 1892-1918 | Chicopee was a coal mining community. |
| Chillicothe | Phillips | Name Change | Name changed to Big Bend. | |
| Chouteau | Johnson | Lost Town | 1881-1903 | Once a hamlet of Johnson County, it got its start as a trading post along the Kansas River. |
| Chouteau’s Ferry | Johnson | Lost Place | Established in 1840 on the Kansas River at Chouteau. Frederick Chouteau, Proprietor. | |
| Chouteau Island | Kearny | Lost Place | Arkansas River; station on the Santa Fe Trail. | |
| Christian | McPherson | Lost Town | ||
| Christiana | Greenwood | Lost Town | 1872-1873 1874-1876 |
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| Churchill | Ottawa | Lost Town | ||
| Cincinnati | Leavenworth | Lost Town | Established in 1857 near Fort Leavenworth. | |
| Cincinnati | Grant | Name Change | Name changed to Appomattox, which also is a lost town today. | |
| City Point | Pottawatomie | Lost Town | ||
| Clare | Johnson | Lost Town | 1899-1913 | Five miles southwest of Olathe, this town was first called Wainwright. |
| Clarence | Barton | Lost Town | 1874-1887 | The post office moved to Bartholdi in February 1887. |
| Clarinda | Ness | Lost Town | ||
| Clarion | Sedgwick | Lost Town | ||
| Clark | Wilson | Name Change | Now Ward. | |
| Clark | Clark | Current County | NA | Formed from Ford County in 1885. Ashland is the county seat. |
| Clarksville | Johnson | Lost Town | ||
| Clawson | Hodgeman | Lost Town | ||
| Clay | Clay | Current County | NA | Created from unorganized area in 1857. Clay Center is the county seat. |
| Claymore, Clymore, Tally Springs | Montgomery | Lost Town | Established in 1867. Post office 1868. | |
| Claytonville or Clayton | Brown | Lost Town | Incorporated 1857 | |
| Clear Creek | Ellsworth | Lost Place | None | Stage Station on the Smoky Hill Trail. |
| Clear Creek | Marion | Lost Town | Post office 1868. | |
| Clear Creek | Nemaha | Lost Town | 1858-1860 1870-1890 |
An area post office. |
| Clear Creek | Pottawatomie | Lost Town | Post office 1859 | |
| Clear Fork Crossing | Marshall | Lost Place | The crossing of the Black Vermillion River in 1857. E.F. Jones, Proprietor. Perhaps an alternate route for the Parallel Road, in 1859. A cabin was still standing in 1956. | |
| Clearwater | Sedgwick | Lost Town | Located April 15, 1872; abandoned in 1874; near the old Chisholm Trail. | |
| Cleaveland | Wallace | Lost Town | Formerly Carlyle. | |
| Clementville | Leavenworth | Lost Town | ||
| Cleveland | Butler | Lost Town | ||
| Cleveland | Kingman | Lost Town | ||
| Clifford | Smith | Name change | The name changed to Carvil in 1903. | |
| Clifton | Woodson | Lost Town | ||
| Cloud | Cherokee | Name change | The name changed to Bero. | |
| Cloud | Cloud | Lost Town | Discontinued 1882. | |
| Cloud County | Cloud | Current County | NA | Formed from Washington County in 1866. First called Shirley County. Concordia is the county seat. |
| Clymore, Claymore, or Tally Springs | Montgomery | Lost Town | Established in 1867. Post office 1868. | |
| Coahooma | Lost Town | Town company was incorporated in 1857. | ||
| Coal Center | Linn | Lost Town | ||
| Coal Creek | Atchison | Lost Town | Post office 1858. | |
| Coal Creek | Ottawa | Lost Town | ||
| Coal Siding | Franklin | Lost Town | ||
| Coal Switch | Bourbon | Lost Town | ||
| Coalburgh | Linn | Lost Town | 1885-1889 | |
| Coalfield – See Sandfordville. | Cherokee | Lost Town | ||
| Coalville or Coleville | Harper | Name change | Name changed to Danville. | |
| Coalvale/Bovard | Crawford | 1880-1907 | ||
| Cobb | Wabaunsee | Lost Town | ||
| Coburn | Franklin | Lost Town | ||
| Cocayne/Augustine Springs/Poe | Logan | Lost Town | 1886-1888 1888-1895 1895-1920 |
It was located about 22 miles southeast of Russell Springs. |
| Cofachiqui | Allen | Lost Town | Incorporated 1855 | |
| Coffey County | Coffey | Current County | One of the original 36 counties created in 1855. Burlington is the county seat. | |
| Coffeyville | Montgomery | Lost Town | Old town, 1869; abandoned 1871, for new site one mile north. | |
| Cokedale | Cherokee | Lost Town | 1899-1906 | Located at the junction of the Missouri Pacific Railroad and Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway, about six miles northwest of Columbus. |
| Cold Spring | Allen | Lost Town | ||
| Coleville – See Coalville. | Harper | Lost Town | ||
| Colfax | McPherson | Name Change | The name changed to Roxbury. | |
| Colfax. | Wilson | Lost Town | ||
| College Green | Sedgwick | Lost Town | ||
| Collins | Greenwood | Name Change | 1870-1883 | The name changed to Reece. |
| Colokan | Greeley | Lost Town | Vacated 1897. | |
| Coloma | Woodson | Lost Town | ||
| Colorado | Lincoln | Name Change | Now Beverly. | |
| Columbia | Lyon | Lost Town | Incorporated 1855. On the river three miles below Emporia. | |
| Columbia | Ellsworth | Lost Town | Vacated 1901. | |
| Columbia | Miami | Name Change | Now Hillsdale. | |
| Columbus | Doniphan | Lost Town | Discontinued 1868-69. | |
| Comanche City | Comanche | Lost Town | Vacated 1905. | |
| Comanche County | Comanche | Current County | Created from unorganized area in 1867. The county seat is Coldwater. | |
| Comet | Brown | Lost Town | Post office 1868. | |
| Comingo Springs | Chautauqua | Lost Town | Vacated 1895. | |
| Comiskey | Morris | Lost Town | 1887-1929 | A station on the Missouri Pacific Railroad, it was located on the border with Lyon County. |
| Concord | Ottawa | Lost Town | ||
| Condeley | Riley | Lost Town | ||
| Conductor | Grant | Lost Town | None | Located 1893. Also called Conductor City, the town was located southeast of Ulysses right up against the county line. |
| Conductor | Haskell | Lost Town | ||
| Coneburg | Marion | Name Change | Became North Peabody in 1871. | |
| Connersville | Decatur | Lost Town | ||
| Connor’s. Convers | Wyandotte | Lost Town | ||
| Conquest | Wichita | Lost Town | ||
| Conrotin | Gearyu | Lost Town | ||
| Constant. | Cowley | Name Change | Now Hackney. | |
| Conway | Linn | Lost Town | Near Sugar Mound | |
| Cook’s Ford, Cook’s Fork, Cook’s Ferry | Jefferson | Lost Town | 1865-1872 | Cook’s Ferry was established on the Kansas River in 1859. Butterfield Overland Despatch stage route? |
| Cool | Cloud | Lost Town | ||
| Coon Hollow Crossing | Doniphan | Lost Place | Established in about 1844 on the St. Joseph & California Road. This rock bottom ford was probably the earliest emigrant trail from Mosquito Creek to the top of Wolf River Ridge. | |
| Coopersburg | Rice | Lost Town | ||
| Cope | Jackson | Lost Town | ||
| Corbitt or Corbett | Ford | Lost Town | 1885-1887 | Located on the Cannonball Stage Route from Wichita, Corbitt was located just two miles north of Bucklin. There were only 3-4 homes built there and when the railroad went to Bucklin. |
| Corinth | Osborne | Lost Town | On the south side of the Solomon River. | |
| Cornhil | Butler | Lost Town | ||
| Cornwall | Cherokee | Lost Town | ||
| Coron | Coffey | Lost Town | ||
| Coronado | Sedgwick | Lost Town | ||
| Coronado | Wichita | Lost Town | Town moved three miles to Leoti. | |
| Cortez | Graham | Lost Town | Discontinued 1882. | |
| Corvallis | Smith | Lost Town | Located in 1875, abandoned in 1888. | |
| Corydon | Morris | Lost Town | Chartered 1858. | |
| Costello | Montgomery | Lost Town | ||
| Cottage Grove | Allen | Lost Town | Voting precinct in 1858. | |
| Cottonwood | Chase | Lost Town | Across the river from Cottonwood Falls. | |
| Cottonwood | Lyon | Lost Town | ||
| Cottonwood Creek, Cottonwood River Crossing | Marion | Lost Town | On the Santa Fe Trail near Durham, 12 miles west of Lost Springs. A hotel or stage station was noted on the BLM Surveys c1860. | |
| Cottonwood Grove | Reno | Name Change | Now Turon | |
| Cottonwood Grove | Shawnee | Name Change | Now Pauline. | |
| Cottonwood Station | Marshall | Lost Place | Fifteen miles west of Marysville. | |
| Council | Morris | Name Change | Now Council Grove. | |
| Council City | Osage | Name Change | Now Burlingame. | |
| Coursen’s Grove | Mitchell | Lost Town | ||
| Covington | Smith | Lost Town | ||
| Cow Creek | Rice | Lost Place | Station on Santa Fe Trail. | |
| Cow Creek | Ellsworth | Name Change | Now Black Wolf. | |
| Cow Island, Cantonment Martin | Atchison | Lost Place | A military post was established in October 1818. | |
| Cowley County | Cowley | Current County | Formed from Butler County in 1867. Winfield is the county seat. | |
| Cowskin Grove | Sedgwick | Lost Town | Indian village, now Waco. | |
| Cox Creek | Crawford | Name Change | Now Arcadia. | |
| Coxes Creek | Bourbon | Lost Town | ||
| Coyote | Ellis | Lost Town | 1868 | The post office was only open for about five months. |
| Coyote | Phillips | Lost Town | ||
| Coyote | Trego | Lost Town | Near Collyer. | |
| Coy’s | Wilson | Name Change | Now Coyville | |
| Coyville | Cloud | Lost Town | ||
| Craig | Johnson | Lost Town | 1899-1902 | A station on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad, seven miles north of Olathe. |
| Crainville | Republic | Lost Town | ||
| Cransdale | Cloud | Lost Town | ||
| Crawford | Lyon | Lost Town | ||
| Crawford County | Crawford | Current County | Formed from Bourbon and Cherokee Counties in 1867. The county seat is Girard. | |
| Crawford Seminary | Cherokee | Lost Place | 1848-1863 | It is believed that Crawford Seminary, a mission for Quapaw Indians, was east of present-day B Baxter Springs. The mission post office was serviced through Missouri. |
| Crawfordville | Crawford | Lost Town | Near Girard, established in 1867; abandoned in 1869; named for Governor Samuel Crawford. | |
| Cremona | Neosho | Lost Town | ||
| Cresco | Anderson | Lost Town | Chartered 1858; abandoned 1860. | |
| Cresco | Elk | Lost Town | ||
| Cresson | Rooks | Lost Town | Vacated 1893. | |
| Creswell | Cowley | Name Change | Now Arkansas City. See Delphi and Walnut City. | |
| Creswell | Marion | Lost Town | ||
| Crittenden | Butler | Lost Town | Founded 1861; abandoned 1865. | |
| Critzer/Montgomery | Linn | Lost Town | 1888-1906 | On the Missouri Pacific Railroad six miles west of Mound City. |
| Croco | Norton | Lost Town | ||
| Crooked Creek | Ford | Lost Town | 1870-1886 | |
| Crooked Creek | Jefferson | Lost Town | 1857-1863 | |
| Crooked Creek | McPherson | Lost Town | ||
| Cromwell | Washington | Lost Town | ||
| Cross | Lyon | Name Change | 1870-1871 | Now Neosho Rapids. |
| Cross Creek | Shawnee | Name Change | Cross Creek Toll Bridge 1852 on Oregon/California Trail. Trading post in1853. Now Rossville, | |
| Crouse | Labette | Lost Town | ||
| Crow | Phillips | Lost Town | ||
| Croweburg | Crawford | Lost Town | 1908-1972 | Croweburg was a station on the Joplin & Pittsburg electric line. |
| Crozier Station | Johnson | Lost Town | ||
| Crystal Plains | Smith | Lost Town | ||
| Cuba | Republic | Lost Town | Site three miles from present-day Cuba. | |
| Cumberland | Thomas | Lost Town | ||
| Cundiff | Morton | Lost Town | Vacated 1895. | |
| Curranville | Crawford | Lost Town | 1905-1915 | Curranville, a coal-mining town, was a station on the Kansas City Southern Railroad. |
| Curtis’ Ferry | Riley | Lost Place | Ferry was established in 1858 on Big Blue River north of Manhattan, at the mouth of McIntyre’s Creek. Zach Curtis, Proprietor. | |
| Custer | Smith | Lost Town | ||
| Cypress, Alamead | Lincoln | Lost Town | Also called Allemead. | |
| Cyrus | Trego | Lost Town | 1879-1880 1880-1889 |
First called Williamsville |
| Czech Colony | Ellis | Lost Town | None | A colony of settlers from Bohemia came to Ellis County in 1885 and settled on land south of Ellis along the Trego County line. The town never grew big enough for a post office. |