
Kansas Detailed Map courtesy ontheworldmap
Listed here is a working index of every place in Kansas.
Lost Towns/Places – These places no longer exist. While its location may still be known, there is nothing left of the community, stage stop, etc.
Extinct Towns – These communities often still have a few homes and buildings but no longer have a post office.
Ghost Towns – These places are often extinct towns but provide several business buildings, an old school, and interesting buildings or places that provide great photo opportunities. Ghost towns can also be current towns that are shells of their former selves due to losing their primary economic mainstay or other reasons.
Name Change – The community’s name was changed, or the community merged with another.
Paper Town – These places were claimed, sometimes staked out, and never built. Or a town company was incorporated but never followed through.
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Place Name | County | Place Type | Post Office Dates | More Information |
50 Camp | Crawford | Lost Town | None | This mining camp was located about two miles west of Arma. It was a company town of Central Coal and Coke Company. |
110 Station/Crossing | Osage | Lost Place | None | One Hundred Ten Crossing of Santa Fe Trail. McGee-Harris Stage Station 1854, Fry McGee, Proprietor. Town of Richardson platted 1854, a post office 1855-74, Fry McGee, postmaster. Two miles southeast of Scranton. |
142 Crossing | Lyon | Lost Place | None | Crossing of Santa Fe Trail. Charles H. Withington had a store in 1856. Allen post office was established 1/2 mile northeast, 1855-56. Located near Road M, four miles north of Allen |
Abbyville | Reno | Current Town | 1873-Present | |
Abilene | Dickinson | Current Town | 1860-Present | County Seat. The name changed from Mud Creek or Muddy Creek. It was on the Smoky Hill Trail, Chisholm Trail, Kansas Pacific Railroad, Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad, home of Dwight D. Eisenhower. |
Abram | Lincoln | Lost Town | 1872 | For a brief time, the county seat. The post office was moved from Rocky Hill on February 26, 1872, and back to Rocky Hill on December 5, 1872. |
Abrellville | Sumner | Lost Town | It had a post office for just a few months in 1873, from May to September. | |
Achilles | Rawlins | Lost Town | Vacated 1903 | |
Ackerland | Leavenworth | Lost Town | 1883-1923 | Ackerland, a village of Leavenworth County, is located in the western portion of the county on the Leavenworth & Topeka Railroad. |
Acme | Dickinson | Lost Town | 1897-1906 | |
Akron | Dickinson | Lost Town | 1874-1875 | |
Ada | Ottawa | Current Town | -1998 | The post office closed on January 3, 1998. |
Adair | Trego | Lost Town | ||
Adams Peak | Pottawatomie | Lost Town | 1870-1884 | In the southern part of Shannon Township. |
Adamson | Rooks | Lost Town | ||
Adamsville | Sumner | Lost Town | 1925-1931 | It was located about four miles north of Geuda Springs and a half mile west of the intersection of S Oxford Rd and E 80th St, next to an abandoned railroad. |
Adel | Ness | Lost Town | ||
Adel | Sheridan | Lost Town | ||
Adelphi/Cresswell/ Arkansas City |
Cowley | Name Change | 1870-Present | Adelphi and Cresswell were early names of Arkansas City. |
Admire | Lyon | Current Town | ||
Adobe | Seward | Lost Town | ||
Adrian | Jackson | Lost Town | 1880-1907 | A small hamlet situated on the ridge between Cross and Soldier Creeks. It was about 16 miles southwest of Holton and four miles from Emmett, the nearest railroad station. When the post office closed, it received its mail by rural delivery from Delia. |
Advance | Meade | On the Chicago and Rock Island Railroad in 1887. | ||
Advance | Sheridan | Lost Town | ||
Aeolia | Douglas | Lost Town | ||
Aetna | Barber | Lost Town | 1885-1946 | It was located near the southwestern corner of the county in Aetna Township, |
Agenda | Republic | |||
Afton | Marshall | Lost Town | 1893-1898 1900-1901 |
Afton was located ten miles southwest of Marysville. |
Afton | Sedgwick | Lost Town | 1874-1886 | |
Agenda | Republic | Current Town | -1998 | The post office closed on October 3, 1998. |
Agnes City | Lyon | Lost Town | None | Incorporated 1857 by A. J. Baker, E. Mosier, and E. M. Sewell. It was located on the Santa Fe Trail crossing of Rock Creek. |
Agra | Phillips | Current Town | 1887-Present | |
Agricola/Hardpan | Coffey | Lost Town | 1875-1974 | The name changed from Hardpan to Agricola on January 24, 1876. |
Aiken | McPherson | On the Chicago and Rock Island Railroad in 1887. | ||
Ailanthus | Ottawa | Lost Town | Discontinued 1882 | |
Ainsworth | Greeley | Lost Town | 1887-1898 | |
Air | Lyon | Lost Town | 1880-1900 | It was located 3.5 miles north and 1.5 west of Miller. |
Akron/Little Dutch | Cowley | Lost Town | 1872-1912 | The post office moved from Lone Tree. The name changed from Little Dutch to Akron on March 10, 1882. |
Akron | Douglas | Lost Town | ||
Aladdin | Douglas | Lost Town | ||
Alamota | Lane | Lost Town | Vacated 1895. | |
Alamead, Cypress | Lincoln | Lost Town | Also called Allemead and Cypress | |
Albany | Nemaha | Lost Town | 1858-1882 | Established by New Yorkers in 1859. The post office was discontinued in 1882. It was two miles north of Sabetha. |
Albany | Wilson | On the St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad. | ||
Albert | Barton | Current Town | 1874-Present | |
Albion | Republic | For a short time was the name of a post office. | ||
Albion | Sumner | Established in Harper County, replacing Gourock. It was located on the very east border; later, it moved across the county line to Sumner County. | ||
Albion/Pike | Wabaunsee | The name changed to Pike, replaced later by a post office named Alta Vista. | ||
Alburtis | Morris | Lost Town | 1879-1906 | This town was about two miles from the Wabaunsee County line and seven miles from Council Grove. |
Alcolia | Greenwood | Lost Town | 1874 | It was located southwest of Eureka. |
Alcona | Rooks | |||
Alcove Springs | Marshall | NA | ||
Alcyone | Sheridan | Lost Town | ||
Alden | Rice | Current Town | It was on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad. | |
Alembic | Riley | Lost Town | Also called Alembria, it is now Leonardsville. | |
Aleppo | Sedgwick | Lost Town | 1891-1903 | A small hamlet located about 15 miles west of Wichita and five miles northwest of Goddard, which had the most convenient railroad station. |
Alert | Riley | Lost Town | 1871-1886 | Alert was west of Randolph. |
Alexander | Douglas | Lost Town | ||
Alexander | Rush | Ghost Town | 1874- | Alexander Harvey, postmaster |
Alexandria | Leavenworth | Lost Town | 1856-1857 | Alexander was incorporated in 1855 by the Bogus Legislature. It was a pro-slavery town on Stranger Creek. |
Alfred | Douglas | Lost Town | 1875-1902 | |
Alicari | Ness | Lost Town | Established 1879. | |
Alice | ||||
Aliceville | Coffey | Ghost Town | 1883-1994 | Located in Avon Township, it is an interesting ghost town with several buildings, a profitable bank, and an active church. |
Allen | Lyon | Current Town | ||
Allen County | Allen | Current County | NA | One of the original 36 counties, Allen County was created in 1855. Iola is the county seat. |
Allen Springs | Lane | Lost Town | Established 1879. | |
Allendale | Allen | Lost Town | 1898-1901 | A little hamlet situated about five miles northeast of Iola. It is about equally distant from Carlyle on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad and La Harpe on the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway, the nearest railway stations. |
Allendale | Johnson | Lost Town | 1862-1863 | |
Alliance | Barton | Lost Town | Located northwest of Holyrood, northeast of Claflin. | |
Alliance | Ellsworth | Lost Town | 1881-1895 | |
Alliance | Neosho | Lost Town | Also called Chicago Junction, New Chicago, and Tioga, it is part of Chanute today. | |
Allington | Crawford | Lost Town | ||
Allison | Decatur | Named for a pioneer. | ||
Alloway | Sumner | G. A. Alloway, townsite owner | ||
Alma | Osage | Lost Town | Vacated 1899. | |
Alma | Wabaunsee | Current Town | 1863-Present | County seat. Founded in 1857, named for a city in Germany from which many of its first settlers had come; located in Alma Township on the Chicago and Rock Island Railroad in 1887. |
Almena | Norton | Current Town | This town grew up around the homestead of James & Mary Brown Hall south of Prairie Dog Creek circa 1871. | |
Alpha | McPherson | Lost Town | 1880-1897 | |
Alta/Valentine | Harvey | Lost Town | 1889-1901 | The name changed from Valentine to Alta on April 18, 1899. |
Alta Vista/Cable City | Wabaunsee | Current Town | 1880-Present | Formerly called Albion, it is located in It Washington Township. It was on the Chicago and Rock Island Railroad in 1887. |
Altamont | Labette | Current Town | 1870-Present | Located on the St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad. |
Alton | Atchison | Lost Town | It was three miles east and a mile and a half south of Caldwell at about 1800 S. Mayfield Road. | |
Alton | Osborne | Current Town | General H. C. Bull from Wisconsin was the first postmaster. He and Lyman T. Earl, town promoters. The name changed from Bull City to Alton for Alton, Illinois. | |
Alton | Sumner | Lost Town | 1872-1881 | |
Altoona | Wilson | Current Town | ||
Alum Creek | Ellsworth | Name Change | Also called Elm Creek, it later became Carneiro. | |
Alva | Cloud | Lost Town | It had a post office from December 1871 to October 1878. The post office was moved to Jamestown. | |
Avilda | Marion | Lost Town | 1878-1879 | |
Alvin | Marion | Lost Town | 1901-1905 | |
Amador | Butler | Lost Town | 1875-1902 | In Clifford Township. |
Amber | Barber | Lost Town | 1883-1899 | |
Amboy | Rooks | Lost Town | ||
Amherst | Russell | Lost Town | 1886-1887 | |
America City | Nemaha | Lost Town | 1860-1932 | This place was established on the Parallel Road from Atchison, Kansas, to Denver, Colorado, on the Red Vermillion River. |
Americus | Lyon | Current Town | 1857-Present | Located north of Emporia, it was named for the “celebrated explorer Americus Vespucci. It was on the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway. |
Ames | Cloud | -1993 | The post office closed on January 30, 1993. | |
Amiot/Mineral Point | Anderson | Lost Town | 1887-1951 | This settlement was first called Mineral Point on account of a mound supposed to contain minerals. |
Amity | Jewell | Lost Town | ||
Amy | Lane | |||
Andale | Sedgwick | Current Town | 1880-Present | |
Anderson | Pratt | Lost Town | Established 1879. | |
Anderson | Smith | Lost Town | ||
Anderson County | Anderson | Current County | NA | One of the original 36 counties, Anderson County, was created in 1855. Garnett is the county seat. |
Andover | Butler | Current Town | 1877-Present | On the St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad. |
Andrew | Smith | Lost Town | ||
Annelly | Harvey | Lost Town | 1885-1921 | Located in Richland Township, it was a station on the Missouri Pacific Railroad, nine miles southeast of Newton. In 1910, it had a money order post office, a grain elevator, a hotel, a general store, and did some shipping. The population at that time was 25. |
Anness | Sedgwick | Lost Town | 1887-1952 | Founded in the 1880s by W.H. Wilson when the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad began to be built. |
Anson | Sumner | Extinct Town | 1887-1958 | Anson was situated on the Missouri Pacific Railroad in Sumner Township, about ten miles northwest of Wellington. |
Antelope | Marion | Lost Town | -1988 | A place on the Santa Fe Trail where antelope were seen. The post office closed on June 20, 1988. |
Anthony | Harper | Current Town | 1878-Present | The county seat of Harper County; is 50 miles west of Arkansas City. |
Antioch | Osage | Lost Town | 1883-1885 | The post office moved from Eclipse. |
Antone | Pawnee | Lost Town | 1879-1883 | |
Antonino | Ellis | Ghost Town | Located south of Hays; | |
Appanoose | Franklin | Lost Town | 1857-1860 1870-1902 |
Located in the north part of the county. |
Appin | Saline | Lost Town | 1873-1875 | |
Appleton | Bourbon | Lost Town | 1867-1875 | It was established in 1866 by Captain Stevens near the state line between Kansas and Missouri. At one point, it had a post office, three stores, and a blacksmith shop. |
Appleton | Clark | Lost Town | ||
Appomattox | Grant | Lost Town | 1890-1894 | Vacated 1893. Formed by the consolidation of Cincinnati and Surprise. |
Aral | Butler | Lost Town | 1880-1902 | A little hamlet in Pleasant Township about 20 miles southwest of Eldorado and three miles from Rose Hill |
Arapahoe | Dickinson | Lost Town | ||
Arcadia | Crawford | Current Town | 1866-Present | It was known as Hathaway, Cox’s Creek, OldArcadia, Finley City, and present Arcadia. |
Arcola | Cowley | Lost Town | 1871-1872 | |
Arcola | Ellsworth | Lost Town | None | |
Arcola | Sumner | Lost Town | ||
Argentine | Wyandotte | Extinct Town | 1881-1903 | Annexed to Kansas City, Kansas, in 1910. |
Argonia | Sumner | Current Town | 1881-Present | Argonia had the “first woman mayor in the world” — Susana Medora Salter, in 1887. |
Argyle | Sumner | Lost Town | 1874-1881 | |
Arion | Cloud | Lost Town | It had a post office from April 1875 to July 1883. | |
Arispie | Pottawatomie | Lost Town | 1871-1903 | Located in Greene Township, it was located nine miles east of Westmoreland. |
Arizon/Arizonia | Doniphan | Lost Town | None | Platted on March 1, 1856, near the intersection of Smith’s Creek road and road from Belmont/St. Joseph ferries. |
Arizona | Butler | Lost Town | ||
Arkalon | Seward | Lost Town | On the Chicago and Rock Island Railroad in 1888. It was named for Arkalon Tenny, the father of the postmaster. | |
Arkansas City/ Cresswell/Adelphi | Cowley | Current Town | 1870-Present | Founded in January 1870. During the 1880s gold rush, mining operations did not prove profitable. In August 1893, over 50,000 people swarmed into the Arkansas City area when land in Cherokee Strip opened for homesteads. |
Arkansas River | Barton | Lost Town | This was a station on Santa Fe Trail one-half mile west of Ellinwood. | |
Arkona | Sheridan | Lost Town | ||
Arlington | Osborne | Lost Town | Discontinued 1872. | |
Arlington | Reno | Current Town | 1878-Present | On the Chicago and Rock Island Railroad, 1887 |
Arma | Crawford | Current Town | 1891-Present | Named for a coal miner and land owner. |
Armstrong | Wyandotte | Lost Town | 1874-1888 | Part of Kansas City, Kansas, consolidated in 1886. |
Armourdale | Wyandotte | Extinct Town | 1882-1891 | Consolidated with Kansas City in 1886. |
Armstrong | Leavenworth | On the Kansas Pacific Railroad | ||
Army City | Riley | Lost Town | 1918-1922 | Army City was built in 1917 to satisfy the needs of Camp Funston on the Fort Riley, Kansas military reservation. |
Arnold | Brown | Lost Town | 1897-1898 | |
Arnold/Ingleton | Crawford | Lost Town | 1871-1872 | The name was changed from Arnold to Ingleton on February 26, 1872. |
Arnold | Ness | Ghost Town | 1904-2006 | Named for J. G. Arnold, a grain elevator owner. The post office closed on August 26, 2006. |
Aroma | Dickinson | Lost Town | 1869-1888 | The post office moved from Far West. |
Arrington | Atchison | Lost Town | 1862-1973 | Also called Arrington Springs, it was a settlement located in the southwestern part of Atchison County on the Delaware River. |
Artesian City | Meade | Lost Town | Vacated 1893 | |
Arthur | Ness | Lost Town | ||
Artois | Meade | Lost Town | ||
Arvonia | Osage | Lost Town | 1869-1901 | A Welsh population settlement, it was on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad. |
Ash Grove | Lincoln | Lost Town | 1916-1944 | An old church and school still stand at 80th and Union Road. |
Ash Point | Marshall | Lost Town | None | Ash Point was a stage station on the Overland Trail between Seneca and Guittard Station. It was located a few miles north of where Axtell now stands. |
Ash Point/Laramie Creek Station | Nemaha | Lost Place | 1858-1870 | Located by Thomas Smith at the junction of the St. Joseph trail on the Fort Leavenworth and Fort Laramie Military Road. It was a Pony Express Station on the California Trail and later a stage station on the Overland Stage Route. |
Ash Rock | Rooks | Lost Town | ||
Ash Valley | Pawnee | Lost Town | 1877-1908 1922-1941 |
Located in Ash Creek Valley, about 12 miles northwest of Larned. |
Ashcroft | Jefferson | Lost Town | 1898-1900 | Ashcroft was in Delaware Township, about four miles from Valley Falls |
Ashland | Clark | Current Town | 1883-Present | The county seat of Clark County. |
Ashland | Ness | Lost Town | ||
Ashland Colony | Riley | Lost Town | None | South of the river near Ogden. |
Ashler | Chase | Lost Town | 1879-1885 | Located in the southwest part of Toledo Township, its first postmaster was A.B. Perrigo. When the post office closed, it moved to Elco. It was 11 miles east of Cottonwood Falls, near the Lyon County line. |
Ashmead | Ellsworth | Lost Town | 1875-1888 | Moved to Lorraine in 1888. |
Ashton | Sumner | Extinct Town | 1887-1971 | In Walton Township, it was a station on the Kansas Southwestern Railway, about 16 miles southeast of Wellington. |
Assaria | Saline | Current Town | ||
Astor/Reid | Greeley | Lost Town | 1888-1896 | First called Reid, the town had 50 residents in June 1887. That year, the Missouri Pacific Railroad came through. In 1888, the town changed its name to Astor. In 1897, Astor became a ghost town. The town company eventually sold the land to pay the back taxes. |
Atchison | Atchison | Current Town | 1855-Present | County seat. Settled as a pro-slavery town. The Bogus Legislature incorporated it in 1855. The take-off point for gold fields of California in 1850. The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad was founded at Atchison in 1871. |
Atchison County | Atchison | Current County | NA | One of the original 36 counties, Atchison County, was created in 1855. Atchison is the county seat. |
Atchison Steam Ferry | Atchison | Lost Place | NA | Operated in 1857 on the Missouri River. W. L. Challiss & Co., proprietor. |
Athelstane or Athelstone | Clay | Lost Town | ||
Athens | Jewell | Lost Town | 1871-1901 | |
Athens | Woodson | Lost Town | ||
Athol | Smith | Current Town | -2017 | The post office closed on November 18, 2017. |
Athy | Grant | Lost Town | 1916-1925 | |
Atkin | Graham | Lost Town | Vacated 1889. | |
Atkinsville | Montgomery | Lost Town | The post office was only open for about six months | |
Atlanta | Cowley | Current Town | 1871-Present | |
Atlanta | Montgomery | Name Change | The name changed to Rutland. | |
Atlanta | Rice | Name Change | Now Lyons. | |
Attica | Ellsworth | Name Change | The name changed to Bosland. Now Wilson. | |
Attica | Harper | Current Town | 1880-Present | |
Atwater | Meade | Lost Town | Vacated 1899. | |
Atwood | Rawlins | Current Town | 1879-Present | County seat |
Aubrey | Hamilton | Name Change | The post office was called Zamora. Both changed to Kendall | |
Aubry | Johnson | Lost Town | 1860-1862 1866-1888 |
Located in southeastern Johnson County, Aubry was once a bloody battleground during the border troubles of the Civil War. |
Auburn | Shawnee | Current Town | ||
Augusta | Butler | Current Town | 1868-Present | Incorporated in 1871 and located on table land near the confluence of Walnut and Whitewater Rivers. On the St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad. |
Augustine Springs | Wichita | Lost Town | ||
Aulne | Marion | Extinct town | 1887-1954 | A station on the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad six miles south of Marion. In 1910, it had a money order post office, a good local trade, did considerable shipping and had a population of 150. Today, the town still has a few buildings and an active church. |
Aurora | Cloud | Current Town | ||
Aurora | Coffey | Lost Town | None | The site was located in 1857. Though it was surveyed and platted and a house erected, nothing else was done. |
Aurora | Jewell | Lost Town | Discontinued about 1881 or 1882. | |
Aurora | Osage | Lost Town | 1886 | The post office moved from Penfield. It was only open for three months before the post office rescinded an Order of change. |
Austin | Sumner | Lost Town | The site was located in 1869; abandoned in 1872. | |
Avery | Reno | Lost Town | 1885-1901 | It was located on Peace Creek, about 20 miles northwest of Hutchinson. |
Avilda | Marion | Lost Town | 1878-1879 | |
Avilla | Comanche | Lost Town | Vacated 1903. | |
Avoca | Chase | Lost Town | ?? | Located in both Chase and Butler Counties, it was one mile south of Cedar Point. |
Avoca | Jackson | Lost Town | 1871-1907 | A hamlet located near the west line of the county, 11 miles southwest of Holton. When the post office closed, it received its mail by rural delivery from Soldier. |
Avon | Coffey | Lost Town | 1865-1888 | |
Avondale | Franklin | Lost Town | Formerly Emerson: Moved to Lane. | |
Axtell | Marshall | Current Town | 1871-Present | |
Ayr | Butler | Lost Town | 1875-1885 | The post office moved to Potwin. |
Ayersburg, Ayersville | Ottawa | Name Change | Now Lindsey. | |
Ayersville | Marshall | Lost Town | None | Ayersville, a village or feed station in 1855, was 20 miles south of the Nebraska line on the Little Blue River, probably at or near Cedar Falls. |