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Place Name | County | Place Type | Post Office Dates | More Information |
Dafer | Leavenworth | Lost Town | 1884-1900 | |
Daisy | Leavenworth | Lost Town | 1882-1886 | |
Dalby | Atchison | Lost Town | ||
Dallas | Norton | Lost Town | ||
Dalrymple | Mitchell | Lost Town | Discontinued 1882. | |
Damorris | Morris | Lost Town | ||
Danube | Rawlins | Name Change | Now Ludell. | |
Danville | Mitchell | Lost Town | ||
Darien | Cowley | Lost Town | ||
Darling’s Ferry, Pottawatomie National Ferry | Wabaunsee | Lost Place | Ferry was established in 1850 on the Kansas River. Lucius Darling, proprietor, John L. Ogee was the operator. Also known as Pottawatomie National Ferry, it was funded by the Federal government, from treaty funds. | |
Darlington | Harvey | Lost Town | ||
Damorris | Morris | Lost Town | 1880-1887 | The post office moved to Dwight in 1887. |
Darwin | Doniphan | Lost Town | ||
Davis, Willow Springs | Douglas | Lost Town | 1855-1900 | The post office was established on February 26, 1855; the name changed to Willow Springs July 28, 1861. |
Davis’ Crossing | Jewell | Lost Place | Crossing of Buffalo Creek 1869 on the Parallel Road, A.J. Davis, proprietor | |
Dawson’s Ford | Leavenworth | Lost Place | Established about 1851 on Stranger Creek at present Easton on the Fort Leavenworth-Fort Riley Military Road. Armistead Dawson, propietor. Dawson freighted supplies for U.S. Army to Fort Laramie, Wyoming in 1851, and Fort Union, New Mexico in 1854. | |
Dayton | Bourbon | Lost Town | ||
Dayton | Douglas | Lost Town | ||
Dayton or Daytonville | Labette | Lost Town | ||
Dayton | Shawnee | Lost Town | ||
Dean | Jefferson | Lost Town | 1892-1901 | Dean was a small inland settlement about six miles south of Oskaloosa. |
Dean | Reno | Lost Town | ||
Deanolia | Brown | Lost Town | ||
Deanville | Nemaha | Lost Town | North of Souther. The post office was only open for two months. | |
Debolt | Labette | Lost Town | ||
Deborah | Morris | Lost Town | Now Dunlap. | |
Decatur | Decatur | Lost Town | 1879 | Platted in June 1879. Abandoned in 1881. |
Decatur County | Decatur | Current County | Created from unorganized area, 1873. The county seat is Oberlin | |
Decora | Lyon | Lost Town | 1859-1862 | Also spelled Decorrah. |
Decorrah | Morris | Lost Town | ||
Deep Creek | Clay | Lost Town | ||
Deep Hole | Comanche | Lost Town | ||
Deerton | Labette | Name Change | Now Valeda. | |
Defiance | Woodson | Name Change | Now Yates Center. | |
Delano | Sedgwick | Lost Town | Across the river from Wichita. | |
Delavan | Clay | Lost Town | ||
Delaware | Wyandotte | Lost Town | P. O. established 1849; changed to Secondine, 1856; abolished 1859. It was on the Kansas River, ten miles from its mouth. | |
Delaware City | Leavenworth | Lost Town | 1856-1878 | Delaware City, Kansas was founded in the summer of 1854. |
Delaware City | Shawnee | Name Change | Name changed to Rochester. | |
Delaware Ferry | Leavenworth | Established in 1855 on the Missouri River at Delaware City. John Van Vranklin, Proprietor. | ||
Delhi | Osborne | Lost Town | ||
Delight | Ellsworth | Lost Town | 1877-1921 | A country post office located in Mulberry Township, near the northeast corner of the county, about 15 miles from Ellsworth and about five miles north of Carneiro. |
Delila | Ellsworth | Lost Town | 1875-1875 | The post office was only open for three months. It then moved to Trivoli. |
Dell | Lyon | Lost Town | 1881-1883 1885-1890 |
Dell was 3.5 miles east and 3.5 miles north of Americus. |
Della | Clay | Name Change | Now Morganville. | |
Delmont | Anderson | Lost Town | ||
Delmore | McPherson | Lost Town | ||
Delphi | Cowley | Name Change | Now Arkansas City, See Creswell and Walnut City. | |
Delphoe | Cloud | Lost Town | ||
Delta | Jewell | Lost Town | ||
Dema | Atchison | Lost Town | ||
Deep Hole Redoubt, Cimarron Redoubt | Clark | Lost Place | Also called the Cimarron Redoubt, this was an improvised U.S. Army fortification south of the city of Ashland that was built in 1870 near a major trade route’s crossing of the Cimarron River. It was built during the Comanche War, fought between 1867 and 1875 to protect traffic on the Fort Supply/Fort Dodge Trail. | |
Dermot | Stevens | Lost Town | Vacated 1893; now Dermot, in Morton County | |
Derry | Elk | Lost Town | ||
Derry | Greenwood | Lost Town | 1883-1896 | |
Desire | Reno | Lost Town | ||
Devil’s Elbow Crossing | Crossing of Elbo Creek on Fort Leavenworth-Fort Riley Military Road east of Manhattan. The name was applied by Army teamsters to describe the sharp turn in the road which was difficult for 4 and 6 mule government teams to negotiate. Elbo Creek was originally called “Sargent’s Creek.” | |||
Dewitt | Washington | Lost Town | ||
Diamond Springs | Morris | Lost Town | Overland station five miles north of present Diamond Springs. | |
Diana | Sedgwick | Lost Town | ||
Dickinson County | Dickinson | Current County | NA | Created in 1857 from unorganized area. Abilene is the county seat. |
Dickeyville | Phillips | Lost Town | ||
Dimon | Leavenworth | Lost Town | 1868-1883 | North of Stanwood; located in 1868. |
Discord | Brown | Lost Town | ||
Divide | Anderson | Name Change | Name changed to Colony. | |
Dix | Morris | Lost Town | 1883-1886 | |
Dixon | Butler | Lost Town | ||
Duane | Washington | Lost Town | Located in the northwest corner of the county. | |
Doby | Grant | Lost Town | 1908-1916 | Doby was located on the south fork of the Cimarron River about four miles above its mouth and 15 miles southeast of Ulysses. |
Donald | Washington | Lost Town | ||
Doniphan County | Doniphan | Current County | NA | One of the original 36 counties, it was established in 1855. Troy is the county seat. |
Donmeyer | Saline | Name Change | Now New Cambria. | |
Donner Station | Saline | Lost Town | P. O. 1868. | |
Dora | Labette | Lost Town | ||
Dorcas | Nemaha | Lost Town | 1877-1882 | Area post office. |
Doster | Sumner | Lost Town | ||
Douglas | Douglas | Lost Town | Incorporated 1855. It was on the Kansas River ten miles above Lawrence. | |
Douglas | Linn | Lost Town | ||
Douglas County | Douglas | Current County | NA | One of the original 36 counties, it was created in 1855. Lawrence is the county seat. |
Dow Creek | Lyon | Lost Town | 1873-1874 | Dow Creek was ten miles west and one mile north of Reading. |
Downer Station, Fort Downer | Trego | Lost Town | Overland station; burned 1867. | |
Downing | Morris | Lost Town | ||
Doyle | Marion | Lost Town | ||
Dragoon Creek | Osage | Lost Town | On Santa Fe Trail, west of Burlingame. | |
Dry Creek | Cherokee | Lost Town | ||
Dry Creek | Sedgwick | Name Change | Now Greenwich. | |
Drywood | Crawford | Lost Town | 1894-1915 | |
Dudley | Osborne | Lost Town | ||
Dunavant | Jefferson | Lost Town | 1888-1932 | Seven miles southeast of Valley Falls. |
Duncan’s Crossing | Hodgeman | Lost Place | Crossing of Pawnee Fork on the Fort Hays-Fort Dodge Military Road. John O’Laughlin operated a ranch here in about 1868, selling to George Duncan in 1871. Duncan built a large log house and log stockade with a corduroy bridge. | |
Duncan’s Ferry | Doniphan | Lost Place | Established in 1849 on the Missouri River four miles above St. Joseph on the St. Joseph & California Road. In 1850 John Duncan, Aaron & Wm Lewis advertised a horse ferry at this location. Duncan drowned in a ferry boat accident in May 1849, two ferrymen also drowned at this location in 1853. | |
Dundee | Barton | Extinct Town | 1881-1902 1915-1943 |
A station and shipping point on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad. |
Dunkirk | Crawford | Lost Town | 1915-1919 | |
Dunmire | Saline | Lost Town | ||
Dutch Henry’s Crossing or Shermanville | Franklin | Name Change | Now Lane. Dutch Henry’s Crossing was established in 1849 on Pottawatomie Creek. Henry Sherman, proprietor. | |
Dyer’s Crossing | Pottawatomie | Lost place. | Established in 1853 on Big Blue River at Juniata on the Fort Leavenworth-Fort Riley Military Road. Samuel D. Dyer, Proprietor. Dyer operated a store and a hotel. A ferry was operated by a man named “Garland” in 1853. The bridge was constructed in 1854-55 and destroyed by ice in February 1856. |