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| Place Name | County | Place Type | Post Office Dates | More Information |
| Hackberry/Hackberry Mills | Gove | Lost Town | Located on Hackberry Creek near Gove, on the Union Pacific Railroad, post office until 1931. | |
| Hackett | Franklin | Lost Town | 1900-1903 | In the northern part of the county, it was located in the valley of Eight Mile Creek, about six miles northwest of Ottawa. |
| Hackney | Cheyenne | Lost Town | 1886 | The post office was only open for six months. |
| Haddam | Washington | Current Town | ||
| Hadley | Crawford | Lost Town | 1881-1894 | |
| Haggard | Gray | |||
| Hail Ridge | Linn | Lost Town | 1879-1888 | Located about nine miles southwest of Mound City. |
| Halcyon | Wichita | Lost Town | Vacated 1893. | |
| Hale | Chautauqua | Lost Town | ||
| Halfmound | Jefferson | Lost Town | 1898-1914 | Halfmound was located in the northern part of Delaware Township on the Delaware River. |
| Halifax/Bismark | Wabaunsee | Lost Town | 1869-1915 1917-1937 |
Bismark is the original name of Halifax. Halifax is located in Mill Creek Township. It was one of the largest rural shipping points for cattle on the Sante Fe Railroad. The only remains is the Stone school house that was built in 1881. |
| Hallet/Silver Lake | Shawnee | Name Change | The name changed to Silver Lake in 1855. Silver Lake is a current town. | |
| Hallowell | Cherokee | Lost Town | On the St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad. | |
| Halls Summit/Warnerton | Coffey | Lost Town | 1878-1935 | Named for Ezra E. Hall, the postmaster. It was also called Warnerton. |
| Halstead | Harvey | Current Town | A group of German Mennonites helped pioneer. | |
| Halton | Ellis | Lost Town | ||
| Hamburg | Pawnee | |||
| Hamburgh | Allen | Lost Town | 1879-1883 | |
| Hampden | Coffey | Lost Town | 1857-1858 1864-1866 |
Hampden was the county seat from May 23, 1863, to November 24, 1865, when it lost out to Burlington. |
| Hamer Creek | Greenwood | Lost Town | ||
| Hamilton | Crawford | Lost Town | 1868-1871 | |
| Hamilton | Greenwood | Current Town | ||
| Hamilton | Riley | Lost Town | Incorporated 1857. | |
| Hamilton County | Hamilton | Current County | Established in 1873 from unorganized area. The county seat is Syracuse. | |
| Hamlin | Brown | Extinct Town | 1857-1973 | The original site of Hamlin was two and a half miles south of its current location. As of the 2020 census, its population was about 35. There are still a few scattered homes and buildings in the area. |
| Hammond | Bourbon | Lost Town | 1877-1968 | An extinct town in Osage Township of Bourbon County was named for William Hammond, the townsite owner. |
| Hamner | Kingman | Hugh E. Hamner, landowner | ||
| Hampden | Coffey | Lost Town | Located in 1855; abandoned in 1866. | |
| Hampton | Rush | Lost Town | 1877-1887 1888-1910 |
Located on Big Timbers Creek along the Fort Hays-Fort Dodge Trail. |
| Handin City | Brown | Lost Town | ||
| Handy | Osborne | Lost Town | ||
| Hanover | Osage | Lost Town | ||
| Hanover | Washington | Current Town | Cottonwood Creek Crossing of the Oregon Trail. | |
| Hanson | Pottawatomie | Lost Town | 1882-1885 | Located in Pottawatomie Township. |
| Hanston | Hodgeman | Current Town | ||
| Haphazard | Dickinson | Lost Town | 1879-1882 | |
| Happy Hollow | Graham | Lost Town | ||
| Harbine – See Byron. | Republic | Lost Town | ||
| Hardilee | Smith | Lost Town | ||
| Harding | Bourbon | Lost Town | 1888-1933 | Named for Russell Harding, the general superintendent of the Missouri Pacific Railroad. |
| Hardtner | Barber | Current Town | Named for John Hardtner, an Illinois doctor. | |
| Hardtville, Hickory Point | Jefferson | Lost Town | ||
| Hargrave | Rush | Lost Town | 1899-1913 1914-1950 |
It was a station on the Missouri Pacific Railroad located about seven miles west of La Crosse. |
| Harkness | Leavenworth | Lost Town | 1890-1894 | |
| Harlen | -1995 | The post office closed on August 5, 1995. | ||
| Harmonia | Linn | Lost Town | Near the Missouri line. | |
| Harmony | Pawnee | Lost Town | 1877-1908 | Located near the northwest corner of the county, about 18 miles from Larned. |
| Harold | Ness | Lost Town | Vacated 1905. | |
| Harper | Harper | Current Town | ||
| Harper County | Harper | Current County | NA | Created from unorganized area in 1867. The county seat is Anthony. |
| Harris | Anderson | A. A. Harris, townsite owner. | ||
| Harris Ferry | Jefferson | Lost Place | This ferry was established in 1860 on the Kansas River. John Harris, proprietor. The ferry was about five miles above Lawrence. | |
| Harrisburg | Ottawa | Lost Town | ||
| Harrisburgh | Lyon | Lost Town | 1870-1871 | |
| Harrison | Jewell | Lost Town | ||
| Harrison | Pottawatomie | Lost Town | None | Located in Belvue Township, it was located on the Kansas Central Railway on the banks of the Big Blue River. |
| Harrisonville | Montgomery | Lost Town | 1871-1887 | |
| Harshbarger | Lincoln | Lost Town | 1874-1876 | |
| Hart’s Mill | Chautauqua | Lost Town | ||
| Hartford | Lyon | Current Town | In March 1857, Harvey D. Rice, A.K. Hawkes, from New England, and a man named Woodford, from Connecticut, explored the area on horseback looking for a townsite. The town was laid out in the fall of 1858 by Judge A.D. Graham, and D.P. Bond was named after Hartford, Connecticut. The first buildings were started during the spring and summer of 1859. The Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway was completed through town in 1869. The town was incorporated in 1884. | |
| Hartland | Kearny | |||
| Hathaway | Bourbon | Lost Town | 1858-1860 | The first postmaster was J. Phillips. |
| Havana | Montgomery | Lost Town | None | Started in 1869. Callow & Myers opened a general merchandise store and were succeeded in the business by Lines & Caufman. |
| Harvey | Anderson | Lost Town | ||
| Harvey | Riley | Lost Town | ||
| Harvey County | Harvey | Current County | NA | Formed from McPherson, Sedgwick, and Marion Counties in 1872. Newton is the county seat. It was on the St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad in 1888 and also on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad. |
| Harveyville | Wabaunsee | Current Town | Ruben Elliott homesteaded a farm near Harveyville in 1889. He moved to Kansas from Indiana. They were Quakers. | |
| Haskell County | Haskell | Current County | NA | Formed from Finney and Ford Counties in 1887. Sublette is the county seat. |
| Hastings | Graham | Lost Town | Vacated 1895. | |
| Hatfield | Finney | Lost Town | Vacated 1897. | |
| Hatfield | Sedgwick | Lost Town | 1884-1886 | The post office moved to Maize. |
| Haton | ||||
| Havana | Montgomery | Current Town | Believed to have received its name from Havana, Illinois. | |
| Havana | Osage | Lost Town | German and French settlers from St. Louis, Missouri, argued and abandoned the town. Four miles west of Burlingame. | |
| Haven | Reno | Current Town | ||
| Havensville | Pottawatomie | Current Town | -2006 | The post office closed on August 26, 2006. |
| Haverhill | Butler | Lost Town | 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. |
| Haviland | Kiowa | Current Town | On the Chicago and Rock Island Railroad, 1887. | |
| Hawkeye | Decatur | Lost Town | Vacated 1895. | |
| Hawkswing | Linn | Lost Town | 1859-1863 | |
| Hawley/Fairfield | Russell | Lost Town | 1875-1909 | The name changed from Fairfield to Hawley on July 19, 1880. It was a small hamlet of Fairfield Township located on the Smoky Hill River about ten miles southeast of Russell. The population in 1910 was 33. |
| Haworth | Republic | Named for the Haworth family, pioneers. | ||
| Hawthorne | Atchison | Lost Town | 1891-1900 | |
| Hayes/Brough | Nemaha | Lost Town | 1877-1880 | This town was first called Hayes. Changed to Brough in 1877. |
| Hayne | Seward | On the Chicago and Rock Island Railroad, 1888 | ||
| Haynesville | Pratt | Lost Town | ||
| Hays | Ellis | Current Town | County seat. Founded in 1867 near Fort Hays. It was on the Kansas Pacific Railroad. In 1901 Fort Hays State University was established as the Western Branch of the State Normal School. | |
| Haysville | Johnson | Lost Town | 1858-1860 | |
| Haysville | Sedgwick | Current Town | Named for William W. Hays, the postmaster. | |
| Hayter | Harper | Named for C. H. Hayter, a pioneer. | ||
| Hazelton | Barber | Current Town | 1883-2007. | The post office closed on December 22, 2007. |
| Hazlewood | Ford | Lost Town | 1878-1879 | |
| Hazletville | Woodson | Lost Town | ||
| Healy | Lane | Current Town | Named for O. H. Healey, a pioneer. | |
| Heasleyville | Marshall | Lost Town | None | A stage station in Center Township, named for Jerry Heasley, a stage driver and early-day “character.” |
| Hebron | Clay | Lost Town | ||
| Hebron | Saline | Lost Town | 1874 | The post office was only open for about six months. |
| Hecla | Anderson | Lost Place | A railway station on the Missouri Pacific Railroad near Garnett. | |
| Hector | Greeley | Lost Town | 1885-1886 | Getting its start in 1885, it didn’t last long, declined, and the people and businesses moved to Tribune. |
| Hector | Johnson | Lost Town | 1875-1884 | The first settler in the area was John Dyche in 1857. He soon established a productive livestock farm. |
| Hedgewood | Norton | Lost Town | ||
| Hedville | Saline | Lost Town | None | An unincorporated community in Ohio Township on Mulberry Creek. Named for Hed, a pioneer. It lies along Hedville Road and a Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad line, one mile south of Interstate 70, northwest of Salina. There are still a few remaining buildings. |
| Heet Water | It was connected with the railway system in some way. | |||
| Heights | Finney | Lost Town | Vacated 1893. | |
| Heizer | Barton | Named for D. N. Heizer, the townsite owner. | ||
| Helen | Sedgwick | Lost Town | 1877-1882 | |
| Helena | Atchison | Lost Town | ||
| Helmick | Morris | Lost Town | 1887-1907 | A station on the Missouri Pacific Railroad about seven miles west of Council Grove. |
| Hendricks | Allen | Lost Town | 1882-1883 | |
| Hendricks | Finney | Lost Town | Vacated 1893. | |
| Henning | Bourbon | Lost Town | 1871 | The post office was open for less than three months. The postmaster was A.V. Wolf. |
| Henry | Dickinson | Lost Town | 1880-1886 | |
| Henryville | Pottawatomie | Lost Town | P.O. 1859. | |
| Henryville | Riley | Lost Town | 1857-1870 | |
| Henshaw Creek | Logan | Lost Town | ||
| Henshaw Station | Logan | |||
| Hepler | Crawford | Current Town | Named for Dr. B. F. Hepler of the town company. It was on the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway. | |
| Herald/Finlay | Sedgwick | Lost Town | 1877-1882 | The name changed from Finlay to Herald on March 19, 1879. |
| Herington | Dickinson | Current Town | On the Chicago and Rock Island Railroad, 1887. | |
| Herkimer | Marshall | Current Town | ||
| Herman | Lincoln | Lost Town | 1874-1893 | Located in the southern part of Battle Creek Township. It had a post office from 1874 to 1893. |
| Herndon | Rawlins | Current Town | ||
| Hersey’s Station | Dickinson | Lost Town | Near Abilene, on Mud Creek. | |
| Herzog/Victoria | Ellis | Current Town | A Volga-German town first named Herzog, now Victoria. | |
| Hesperia | Greenwood | Lost Town | Voting place, 1858. This village seems to have been on the Verdigris River northwest of Madison, possibly in the area of Blakley Cemetary. | |
| Hessville | Sumner | Lost Town | 1872-1881 | |
| Hesston | Harvey | Current Town | ||
| Hewins | Chatauqua | |||
| Hiattville/Pawnee | Bourbon | Extinct Town | 1870-1986 | Located in Pawnee Township, it was first called Pawnee. It still has a few area homes, an active church, and an old school. |
| Hiawatha | Brown | Current Town | County seat. Founded in 1857 | |
| Hibbard | Johnson | Name Change | 1855 | The name changed to Lanesfield in 1856, changed to Martinsburg in 1870, and Edgerton in 1871. |
| Hickman | Cherokee | Lost Town | 1872 | The post office was only open for three months. |
| Hickman | Greenwood | Lost Town | 1883-1895 | |
| Hickok | Grant | Extinct Town | Named for Frank W. Hickok, a pioneer. Still has a grain elevator and a few buildings. | |
| Hickory | Butler | Lost Town | 1877-1880 1886 |
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| Hickory Creek | Franklin | Lost Town | 1859-1860 | |
| Hickory Grove | Franklin | Lost Town | ||
| Hickory Point, Stony Point | Douglas | Lost Town | Stony Point was a small community on the Santa Fe Trail. It was never large enough to have had a post office. It was about ten miles south of Lawrence. | |
| Hickory Point | Jefferson | Lost Town | None | In June 1854, Charles Hardt started a trading ranch at Hickory Point in Jefferson Township. |
| Hicks Station | Russell | Lost Town | ||
| Hico | McPherson | Lost Town | ||
| High Bridge | Atchison | Lost Town | 1888-1900 | |
| High Prairie | Leavenworth | Lost Town | 1875-1882 | The post office moved to Boling. |
| Highland | Doniphan | Current Town | ||
| Highland Park | Shawnee | Lost Town | 1890-1894 | Though a post office was approved, it was never in operation. |
| Hill City | Graham | Current Town | Named after W. R. Hill, a founder and early settler. | |
| Hill Grove | Gove | Lost Town | ||
| Hill Spring | Morris | Lost Town | 1868-1878 | The post office moved to Mildred in 1878. |
| Hillsboro | Marion | Current Town | On the Santa Fe Trail. Many Mennonites from Russia settled in this area. | |
| Hillsborough | Linn | Lost Town | ||
| Hillsdale or Hillside Farm | Harvey | Lost Town | ||
| Hillsdale | Miami | Current Town | ||
| Hillside Farm | Harvey | Lost Town | 1872-1876 | |
| Hilltop | Greenwood | Lost Town | 1884-1951 | A station on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad. |
| Hink | Crawford | Lost Town | 1889-1894 | |
| Hinckley | Lincoln | Lost Town | 1886 | The post office was only open for a few months, from February 23, 1886, to July 28, 1886 |
| Hitschman | Barton | Lost Town | Named for Joseph Hitschman, the townsite owner. | |
| Hobart | Meade | Lost Town | On the Chicago and Rock Island Railroad in 1887 | |
| Hobart | Rooks | Lost Town | ||
| Hodgeman County | Hodgeman | Current County | NA | Created from unorganized territory in 1867. It was initially called Hageman County. The county seat is Jetmore. |
| Hog Back Station | Ellis | Name Change | None | Named for a ridge of land with a sharp summit and sloping sides located halfway between Hays and Ellis. There was a railroad station located in Hog Back at one time. Now Yocemento. |
| Hoge | Leavenworth | Lost Town | 1867-1871 1872-1901 |
Located in Stranger Township, Hoge was a station on the Kansas Pacific Railroad. Named for Joseph Hoge, the postmaster. |
| Hoisington | Barton | Current Town | ||
| Holcomb | Finney | Current Town | Named for D.C. Holcomb, a pioneer. | |
| Holden | Butler | Lost Town | ||
| Holland | Dickinson | Lost Town | 1872-1875 1884-1906 |
It was located on Holland Creek, about 14 miles southwest of Abilene and three miles north of Carlton, the nearest railroad station. In 1910, it was a trading center for the neighborhood and had a population of 41. |
| Hollenberg/Cottonwood Station | Washington | Current Town | Pony Express Station; and on the Central Overland California and Pikes Peak Express | |
| Holliday/Waseka | Johnson | Lost Town | 1882-1971 | The name changed from Waseca. On the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad.Part of Shawnee today. |
| Hollidaysburg | Hamilton | Name Change | Now Syracuse. | |
| Holling | Lost Town | 1869-1900 | ||
| Hollis | Cloud | Named for the Hollis family, pioneers. | ||
| Hollyrood, Hollywood | Ellsworth | Name Change | The name changed from Hollywood to Holyrood. | |
| Holman | Bourbon | Lost Town | 1894-1901 | A.H. Holeman was the first postmaster, and the post office was located in his home. It was six miles north of Bronson. |
| Holmwood, Branchport. | Jewell | Lost Town | ||
| Holt Station | Clay | Lost Town | ||
| Holton | Jackson | Current Town | County seat. Settled by Free State men from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. | |
| Holy Cross | Pottawatomie | Lost Town | 1884-1910 | Located in Emmett Township, about two miles south of Emmett. In 1910, its population was 43. |
| Holyrood | Ellsworth | Current Town | ||
| Holyoke | Ellsworth | Lost Town | 1876-1882 | |
| Home | Marshall | Current Town | ||
| Home, White’s Quarry | Washington | Lost Town | ||
| Homer | Russell | Lost Town | 1879-1887 | |
| Homer Creek | Greenwood | Lost Town | 1869-1872 | |
| Homestead/Walnut Hill | Chase | Lost Town | 1876-1913 | Settlement began here in 1871. Homestead was a country post office in Cottonwood Township. In 1910, it had a population of 40. It was located 15 miles southwest of Cottonwood Falls. |
| Homewood | Franklin | Extinct Town | 1877-1955 | The post office moved from Forest Home. |
| Hooker | Decatur | Lost Town | Formerly St. John. | |
| Hooper’s Ford | Doniphan | Lost Town | Established in 1855 on Wolf River south of Highland. Parker (or Peter?) A. Hooper, proprietor. Pioneer settlers used a deserted Sac & Fox village for voting & community uses. Bartlett’s grist mill was established at nearby Wolf River Falls but washed out after about five years. | |
| Hooser | Cowley | Named for George H. Hooser, the postmaster. | ||
| Hope | Dickinson | Current Town | ||
| Hopefield | Crawford | Lost Town | 1870-1876 | The post office moved to New Pittsburgh. |
| Hopewell | Pratt | Lost Town | ||
| Hopper | Washington | Lost Town | ||
| Horace | Greeley | Ghost Town | 1886-1965 | Horace was founded in 1886 when the Missouri Pacific Railroad came through. Today, it is a semi-ghost town. |
| Horanif | Wyandotte | 1888-1901 | ||
| Horne | Leavenworth | On the Chicago and Rock Island Railroad and the Kansas Pacific Railroad. | ||
| Horner | Grant | Lost Town | Vacated 1893. | |
| Horner | Marion | Lost Town | 1898-1904 | Horner had a railroad station, cattle pens, and the Oscar Horner Quarry, which yielded magnesium limestone. It was located approximately three miles northeast of Peabody. |
| Horton | Brown | Current Town | On the Chicago and Rock Island Railroad.The present site of one of the oldest Federal Indian Agencies. It once had an Indian school. | |
| Horton | Lyon | Lost Town | It was on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad. | |
| Hortonville | Sheridan | Lost Town | ||
| Hose | Benedict Branch of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad. | |||
| Hosford | Montgomery | Lost Town | 1883-1889 | |
| Hoskins | Rooks | Lost Town | ||
| Houck | Saline | Lost Town | ||
| Hough | Russell | Lost Town | 1893-1895 | |
| Hourglass | Cheyenne | Lost Town | 1882-1883 | |
| Houston | Graham | Lost Town | ||
| Houston | Riley | Lost Town | ||
| Howard | Elk | Current Town | ||
| Howe | Crawford | Lost Town | NA | A small mining community located about 16 miles northeast of Pittsburg. |
| Howe, Lippard, Lippert | Rush | Lost Town | 1882-1911 | |
| Howell/Morris | Ford | Lost Town | 1895-1897 1909-1916 |
Originally known as Morrison Station, the town was yet another railroad stop on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad. |
| Howell | Sumner | Lost Town | None | Established in 1878, it was three miles east and three miles north of Caldwell along the Chikaskia River at 1400 South Mayfield Road. |
| Hoxie/Kenneth | Sheridan | Current Town | County seat. Originally called Kenneth, named for a vice-president of the Union Pacific Railroad when it came through the county. | |
| Hoyt | Jackson | Current Town | ||
| Huber | ||||
| Hudson | Stafford | Current Town | 1879-2018 | The post office closed on February 1, 2018. |
| Hugoton | Stevens | Current Town | County Seat. On the Cimarron Branch of the Santa Fe Trail. | |
| Hukle | Sedgwick | Lost Town | 1887-1903 | |
| Hull | Marshall | Lost Town | 1887-1921 | Situated on the Big Blue River and the Union Pacific Railroad, the town was named for a great manufacturing city in England. |
| Humboldt | Allen | Current Town | Named for Baron Alexander von Humboldt by German immigrant founders who came into the region in 1857. Located in Humboldt Township, nine miles north of Chanute | |
| Humbolt | Geary | Lost Town | Located in 1857, near the site of Millard or Junction City. | |
| Hund’s Station | Leavenworth | Lost Town | 1873-1901 | A small colony on Salt Creek and the Kansas Central Railway, it was settled in 1854. Wendelin Hund was the postmaster. It was located in the northeastern part of the county, four and a half miles from Leavenworth. |
| Hunnewell | Sumner | Ghost Town | 1880-1960 | On the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad, this was once a busy cowtown. |
| Hunts, Hunt’s Station, Silver Creek, Chawfordsville, Clements | Chase | Lost Town | This place had several names before Hunter. It was named for Albert Lewis Hunter. The town died during the Great Depression. | |
| Huntsville/Noblesville | Reno | Lost Town | 1878-1905 | First called Huntsville when a post office was established. Later called Noblesville. |
| Huron | Atchison | Ghost Town | ||
| Huron/Omio | Jewell | Name Change | The name changed to Omio in 1879. | |
| Hurst Crossing | Sumner | Lost Town | ||
| Hurt | Greeley | Lost Town | 1895-1911 | A country post office in Colony Township, it was located 16 miles from Tribune. The population in 1910 was 15. |
| Huscher | Cloud | Lost Town | Named for David Huscher, the postmaster. It was just south of Concordia. | |
| Huson | Atchison | Lost Town | ||
| Hutchinson | Reno | Current Town | County seat. Platted in November 1871. Sam Blanchard discovered salt deposited below Hutchinson in 1887. | |
| Hutton | Rush | Lost Town | 1878-1887 | |
| Hyacinth/Bantam | Ellis | Lost Town | 1906-1914 | A Volga German community, it was located about ten miles northwest of Hays. The name was changed from Bantam to Hyacinth in 1910. The St. John Baptist church was built in 1906, serving the community until 1967. Only the cemetery remains today. |
| Hyatt | Anderson | Lost Town | Established by Thaddeus Hyatt in 1857 and abandoned in 1860. | |
| Hyco | McPherson | Lost Town | 1869-1871 | |
| Hygienic | Shawnee | Lost Town | 1901-1903 | |
| Hymer | Chase | Lost Town | 1872-1943 | Hymer was a country post office in Diamond Creek Township. |