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Place Name | County | Place Type | Post Office Dates | More Information |
Fagan | Graham | Lost Town | Vacated 1895 | |
Fairfax | Osage | Lost Town | ||
Fairfield | Russell | Lost Town | ||
Fairfield | Waubansee | Lost Town | Partly vacated 1889. | |
Fairhaven | Norton | Lost Town | ||
Fairland | Marshall | Lost Town | ||
Fairmount | Leavenworth | Lost Town | 1864-1866 | Located a few miles southwest of Leavenworth, on the Lawrence branch of the Union Pacific Railroad. |
Fairpoint | Rice | Lost Town | ||
Fairview | Anderson | Lost Town | 1857 | |
Fairview | Doniphan | Lost Town | ||
Farisville | Ellsworth | Lost Town | 1875-1911 | |
Fall/Fall Leaf | Leavenworth | Lost Town | 1868 1874-1894 1895-1927 |
Fall Leaf was a station in the southern part of Reno Township on the main line of the Kansas Pacific Railroad. |
Fame | Greenwood | Lost Town | 1868 1870-1920 |
A country post office located ten miles east of Eureka and five miles from Neal. |
Fannie | Cloud | Lost Town | A rural post office located on the Smoky Hill River in Empire Township, about 12 miles southeast of Ellsworth. | |
Far West | Morris | Lost Town | 1864-1869 1872-1887 |
The post office moved to Aroma in 1869. It reopened in 1872 and moved in 1887 to Latimer. |
Fargo | Graham | Lost Town | ||
Fargo Springs | Seward | Lost Town | Vacated 1897. | |
Farisville | Ellsworth | Lost Town | 1875-1911 | A rural post office located on the Smoky Hill River in Empire Township, about 12 miles southeast of Ellsworth. |
Farland | McPherson | Lost Town | ||
Farlinville | Linn | Lost Town | ||
Farmer | Rice | Lost Town | ||
Farmer | Wyandott | Lost Town | ||
Farmer City | Wichita | Lost Town | ||
Farmersburg | Chautauqua | Lost Town | ||
Farmersville | Osage | Lost Town | ||
Farmington | Atchison | Lost Town | 1868-1940 | Located on the Central Branch of the Missouri Pacific Railroad in Atchison County, Kansas, Farmington got its start as a station on the railroad |
Farmington | Nemaha | Lost Town | NA | Farmington was established in about 1856 about one mile southwest of Baker’s Ford on the St. Joseph and California Road. |
Farmridge | Montgomery | Lost Town | ||
Farms | Harvey | Lost Town | ||
Faulkner | Cherokee | Extinct Town | 1886-1944 | Faulkner was a shipping point on the Missouri Pacific Railroad. |
Favor | Cherokee | Lost Town | 1874-1876 | |
Fawn Creek, Fawn Valley | Montgomery | Lost Town | ||
Fayette | Sedgwick | Lost Town | ||
Fayetteville | Clay | Lost Town | ||
Felix | Gray | Lost Town | ||
Fenwick | Republic | Lost Town | ||
Ferguson | Franklin | Lost Town | ||
Fernandino | Harvey | Lost Town | At the junction of Little Arkansas River and Sand Creek. | |
Ferris | Sedgwick | Lost Town | ||
Fiat | Elk | Lost Town | ||
Fidelity | Nemaha | Lost Town | 1890-1902 | |
Field | Morris | Lost Town | 1880-1895 | |
Fillmore | Lane | Lost Town | Vacated 1903. | |
Findlay | Linn | Lost Town | 1891-1906 | On the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway, it was about 15 miles northwest of Mound City. |
Findlay City | Crawford | Lost Town | ||
Finlay, Finley | Sedgwick | Lost Town | ||
Finney | Garden City | Current County | NA | Formed from Arapahoe, Grant, Kearny, and Sequoyah Counties in 1883. |
Fish’s Ferry | Douglas | Lost Place | NA | Established in 1845 on the Kansas River at present Eudora. Pascal Fish, Proprietor. Units of Colonel Stephen W. Kearny’s Army of the West crossed here in 1846. |
Fishkill | Labette | Lost Town | ||
Flag Spring | Osage | Campsite on Santa Fe Trail. Located on Camp Creek about 1.5 miles northwest of Overbrook. | ||
Flat Ridge | Greenwood | Lost Town | ||
Flat Rock | Neosho | Lost Town | ||
Flavius | Rush | Lost Town | ||
Fleming | Crawford | Lost Town | 1892-1908 | Fleming was a coal mining town, located about six miles southwest of Pittsburg. |
Fleming & Howard’s Steam Ferry | Doniphan | Lost Place | NA | Located on the Missouri River in the vicinity of Elwood. Operational in the 1860s, L.V. Fleming & Mr. Howard, proprietors. |
Fleta | Morris | Lost Town | 1883-1887 | |
Flint Ridge | Greenwood | Lost Town | 1874-1921 | Also spelled Flintridge, it was a country post office located in Salem Township 20 miles northwest of Eureka. |
Float | Pottawatomie | Lost Town | ||
Florence | Allen | Lost Town | ||
Floreyville | Rooks | Lost Town | ||
Fly Creek | Cherokee | Lost Town | 1868-1870 | |
Fonda | Ford | Lost Town | 1885-1890 | Fonda, located just north of Corbitt, was a proposed station on the Wichita and Dodge City Railroad. Vacated 1895. |
Fontanelle | Butler | Lost Town | ||
Fontzville – See Tontzville. | Miami | Lost Town | ||
Ford County | Ford | Current County | NA | Created from unorganized area in 1867. Dodge City is the county seat. |
Fordham | Hodgeman | Lost Town | ||
Forman’s Ferry | Doniphan | Lost Place | Established in 1855 on the Missouri River at Iowa Point, John S. Pemberton & Harvey Forman, Proprietors. | |
Forest Grove | Montgomery | Lost Town | ||
Forest Hill | Lyon | Lost Town | 1858-1871 | Forest Hill was established in 1858 on a hill that was not forested. |
Forest Hill | Morris | Lost Town | ||
Forest Hill | Wallace | Lost Town | ||
Forest Home | Franklin | Lost Town | ||
Forest Mills – See Blooming Grove. | Linn | Lost Town | ||
Forrester | Ness | Lost Town | Established 1879. | |
Forsyth’s Cree | Russell | Lost Place | Overland station, near Ellis County line. | |
Fort Arkansas | Ford | Lost Place | ||
Fort Atkinson | Ford | Lost Place | 1851-1853 | Established in 1850, abandoned in 1854. Six miles west of Dodge City on the Santa Fe Trail. |
Fort Aubrey | Hamilton | Lost Place | 1864 | Established 1864, abandoned 1866; four miles east of Syracuse. |
Fort Belmont | Woodson | Lost Place | Trading post 1856; P. O. 1859. | |
Fort Blair | Bourbon | Lost Place | ||
Fort Blair | Cherokee | Lost Place | ||
Fort Brooks | Cloud | Lost Place | ||
Fort Dodge | Ford | Deactivated | 1864 | Two miles east of Dodge City; established 1864, abandoned 1882. |
Fort Downer, Downer’s Station | Trego | Lost Place | 1857 | Post established in 1857, abandoned in 1868. |
Fort Ellsworth | Ellsworth | Name Change | 1864 | 1864. Changed to Fort Harker 1866. |
Fort Fletcher/Fort Hays | Ellis | Historic Stie | 1866-1867 | Post office at Fort Fletcher. The post office moved to Big Creek Station in 1867. |
Fort Hamilton | Linn | Lost Place | NA | Fort Hamilton was not an official military fort. In 1858, it was a stronghold of Charles A. Hamilton, a pro-slavery advocate living in Missouri. |
Fort Harker | Ellsworth | Deactivated, Historic Site | 1864 | Four miles east of Ellsworth; established as Fort Ellsworth 1864. Changed to Fort Harker 1866; site changed 1867; abandoned 1873. |
Fort Hays/Fort Fletcher | Ellis | Historic Stie | 1866-1867 | Post office at Fort Fletcher. The post office moved to Big Creek Station in 1867. |
Fort Henning | Bourbon | Lost Place | None | One of three blockhouses erected near Fort Scott during the Civil War. |
Fort Insley | Bourbon | Lost Place | None | One of three blockhouses erected near Fort Scott during the Civil War. |
Fort Jewell, Camp Jewell | Jewell | Lost Place | Now Jewell City. | |
Fort Hays/Fort Fletcher | Ellis | Deactivated, Historic Site | 1865 | Established as Fort Fletcher in 1865, the name changed to Fort Haysin 1866; location changedin 1867; abandoned in 1869. |
Fort Leavenworth Ferry | Leavenworth | Established in 1828 onthe Missouri River. Robert Cain, proprietor in 1836 | ||
Fort Kanses | Atchison | Lost Place | NA | A French trading post constructed at a Kanza Indian village. |
Fort Kirwin | Phillips | Lost Place | Now Kirwin. | |
Fort Larned, Camp on Pawnee Fork. | Pawnee | Deactivated, Historic Site | ||
Fort Leavenworth | Leavenworth | Active Fort | ||
Fort Lincoln | Bourbon | Lost Place | 1861 | Twelve miles north of Fort Scott, on the Osage River, near Fulton; established 1861, abandoned 1864. |
Fort Macky | Ford | Lost Place | Nearthe site of Fort Mann, a little west of Fort Atkinson; abandoned 1850. | |
Fort Mann | Ford | Lost Place | 1845 | Fort Mann was located on the Santa Fe Trail just a few miles west of present-day Dodge City, Kansas. |
Fort Montgomery | Greenwood | Lost Place | On the site of Eureka. | |
Fort Montgomery | Linn | Lost Place | Fort has been rebuilt in Mound City. | |
Fort Monument | Logan | Lost Place | This was originally a Butterfield stage station along the Smoky Hill Trail. Troops were sent to protect the station and travelers from Indian attacks. | |
Fort Parks – See Parks Fort | Trego | Lost Place | Near WaKeeney. | |
Fort Riley | Riley | Active Fort | ||
Fort Riley Ferry | Riley | Lost Place | The Fort Riley Ferry was established in 1856 on the Kansas River. L. B. Perry, proprietor. | |
Fort Roach | Neosho | Lost Place | Now Ladore. | |
Fort Row | Wilson | Lost Place | 1861 | Near Coyville. Established 1861 by Captain J.R. Row. |
Fort Saunders | Douglas | Lost Place | Twelve miles southwest of Lawrence. | |
Fort Scott | Bourbon | Deactivated, Historic Site | Post established 1842, abandoned 1865. | |
Fort Silbey, Lake Sibley | Cloud | Lost Place | 1867 | A militia station 1867. |
Fort Sumner | Ford | Name Change. | Early name of Fort Atkinson. | |
Fort Titus/Tituss | Douglas | Historic Site | None | A Confederate stronghold. Near Lecompton; voting precinct 1854 and 1855. A replica fort has been established in Lecompton. |
Fort Wakarusa | Douglas | Lost Place | A fortification during the days of Bleeding Kansas. | |
Fort Wallace, Camp Pond Creek. | Wallace | Historic Site | Two miles south of Wallace. | |
Fort Zarah | Barton | Lost Place | 1864 | Established in 1864, abandoned in 1869. Five miles east of Great Bend. |
Fossil Creek, Fossil Station | Russell | Name Change | Now Russell. | |
Foster Springs | Lyon | Lost Town | 1878-1879 | Foster Springs was southeast of Bushong. |
Fountain | Anderson | Lost Town | ||
Four Mile | Rice | Lost Town | ||
Fourmile | Lyon | Lost Town | 1900-1901 | |
Fourmile | Morris | Lost Town | 1879-1880 | On the county border with Lyon County, the post office moved to Field in 1880. |
Fouse | Lyon | Lost Town | 1890-1895 | |
Fourth Creek | Mitchell | Lost Town | ||
Fox Creek | Chase | Lost Town | ||
Foxtown | Crawford | Lost Town | NA | Foxtown was a mining camp located two miles east of Franklin. At one time, it had a school, a church, and several business buildings. |
Francella | Sheridan | Lost Town | ||
Franklin | Douglas | Lost Town | 1855-1867 | Founded in October 1853, it was a pro-slavery stronghold during the days of Territorial Kansas. |
Franklin County | Franklin | Current County | NA | One of the original 36 counties, it was created in 1855. Ottawa is the county seat. |
Franks Ford | Marshall | Name Change | Now Frankfort. | |
Frankton | Rooks | Lost Town | ||
Fredericksburg | Phillips | Lost Town | ||
Fredericktown or Frederickstown | Coffey | Lost Town | ||
Free Mount | McPherson | Lost Town | Vacated 1895. | |
Free Point | Cherokee | Lost Town | Incorporated 1860. | |
Free Will | Osborne | Lost Town | 1873 | Established 1873. |
Freeman | Pratt | Lost Town | ||
Fremont | Linn | Lost Town | ||
Fremont | Lyon | Lost Town | 1860-1867 1870-1873 1876-1878 |
Fremont was laid out in April 1858. |
Fremont | Osage | Lost Town | Two miles south of Burlingame. | |
Fremont | Shawnee | Lost Town | Site located 1855, on Kansas River, west of and adjoining Topeka. | |
French Valley | Wabaunsee | Lost Town | Seven miles south of Eskridge. | |
Friendship | Cherokee | Lost Town | 1889-1901 | Located on Lightning Creek, 12 miles northwest of Columbus and three miles from Sherman. |
Fringer | Meade | Lost Town | ||
Frinkville | Brown | Lost Town | ||
Frisco | Morton | Lost Town | Vacated 1895. | |
Fritchey City | Osborne | Lost Town | Near the mouth of Twin Creek. | |
Frog Town, Laramie Creek | Nemaha | Lost Town | Overland station, 12 miles west of Seneca. | |
Fruit Land | Cherokee | Lost Town | 1874-1876 | |
Fukeway, Funkeway, Funkleman – See Fuqua’s. | Allen | Lost Town | ||
Fulda | Chautauqua | Lost Town | ||
Fulda | Lincoln | Lost Town | ||
Fuller | Crawford | Lost Town | 1894-1914 | Fuller was a coal-mining town with a station on the Kansas City Southern Railroad. |
Fuller’s Crossing | Jackson | Lost Place | Crossing of Straight Creek in 1856 on Lane’s Trail 3.5 miles south of present Netawaka, Dr.Fuller, proprietor. This was a station on the Underground Railroad in 1857 and the site of Battle of the Spurs in January 1859 between John Brown and pro-slavery forces. Brown was escorting approximately 40 slaves to freedom. | |
Fuller’s Ranch, Big Turkey Ranch | McPherson | Lost Town | On the Santa Fe Trail, Fuller’s Ranch was established in 1855 at Running Turkey Creek crossing. | |
Fullerton | Greenwood | Lost Town | ||
Fuqua’s | Allen | Lost Town | In Geneva Township. Voting precinct, 1855, south of Leroy. |