Main Street in Glasco, Kansas, 1910.
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| Place Name | County | Place Type | Post Office Dates | More Information |
| Gable’s/Scranton | Osage | Current Town | The name changed from Gable’s to Scranton. | |
| Gabriel/Lee | Doniphan | Lost Town | 1895-1904 | The name changed from Lee to Gabriel on May 6, 1897. |
| Galatia | Barton | Current Town | ||
| Gale | Marion | Lost Town | 1883-1887 | |
| Galena | Cherokee | Current Town | Galena began in 1877 when lead was discovered near Short Creek. Empire City declined and was annexed to Galena in 1911. It is on old Route 66. | |
| Galesburg | Neosho | Current Town | On the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway. | |
| Galesville, Gatesville | Clay | Lost Town | ||
| Gallileo | Sheridan | Lost Town | Discontinued 1882. | |
| Galva | McPherson | Current Town | On the Chicago and Rock Island Railroad in 1887. | |
| Gandy | Sherman | Lost Town | ||
| Garden City | Finney | Current Town | County Seat. It was on the Mountain Route of the Santa Fe Trail. Founded by the Fulton brothers in 1878 and named after the beautiful garden of the founder’s wife. It was on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad. | |
| Garden City | Harvey | Lost Town | 1872-1878 | |
| Garden Plain | Sedgwick | Current Town | ||
| Gardner | Johnson | Current Town | 1858-Present | It was on the Santa Fe Trail and Oregon Trail junction west of Gardner. |
| Garfield | Pawnee | Current Town | On the Santa Fe Trail and later on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad. | |
| Garland/Memphis | Bourbon | Ghost Town | 1875-1997 | The name changed from Memphis to Garland on March 18, 1886. Today, Garland is a ghost town. |
| Garley/Wild Rover/Garly | Cloud | Lost Town | 1873-1876 1876-1881 |
The post office moved from Garly to Wild Rover on February 2, 1876. The name changed from Wild Rover to Garley on August 4, 1876. The post office closed on January 15, 1881. |
| Garlington | Franklin | Lost Town | 1886-1898 | The post office moved to Pleasanthill. |
| Garnett | Anderson | Current Town | Anderson County seat. Founded in 1856 and named for William A.Garnett, president of the town company at Greeley. | |
| Garrison | Pottawatomie | Lost Town | 1880-1959 | Garrison was on the Union Pacific Railroad and the Missouri Pacific Railroad. Garrison and Garrison Crossing were named for Cornelius Kingsland Garrison, a president of the Missouri Pacific Railroad. The waters of Tuttle Creek Reservoir now cover Garrison. |
| Gas, Gas City | Allen | Current Town | Near Iola. | |
| Gates | ||||
| Gatesville | Clay | |||
| Gaylord | Smith | Current Town | Named for C. E. Gaylord, a pioneer | |
| Gaula | Greenwood | Lost Town | ||
| Gazette – See Lazette. | Cowley | Lost Town | ||
| Geary | Doniphan | Lost Town | 1857-1905 | Geary, first called Geary City, was located in 1857 by a company of Leavenworth men and was named for Governor John W. Geary. |
| Geary County | Geary | Current County | NA | One of the original 36 counties, it was established in 1855. It was initially called Davis County. Junction City is the county seat. |
| Geddesburg/Altoona | Wilson | Name Change | The name changed to Altoona. | |
| Gem | Thomas | Ghost Town | 1885-2020 | A small semi-ghost town in northeast Thomas County. The post office closed on October 2, 2010. |
| Geneseo | Rice | Current Town | Located just south of the Ellsworth County line. | |
| Geneva | Allen | Lost Town | 1858-1942 | Located in Geneva Township, northeast of Iola. Colonists of the Union Settlement Association from New York and Michigan settled it. Named after Geneva, New York. |
| Geographical Center | Wilson | Lost Town | ||
| George | Pawnee | Lost Town | 1882-1888 | |
| Georgetown | Osage | Lost Town | Two miles south of Ridgeway. It was settled in 1857 and abandoned in 1860. It was a stage station on the road from Lawrence to Emporia. | |
| Georgia City | Crawford | Lost Town | Established 1869; abandoned 1872; named for A.J. Georgia, of Pittsburg. | |
| Gerardy | Washington | Name Change | Now Hanover. | |
| Gere | Barber | |||
| Gerlane | Barber | Lost Town | 1909-1943 | Railroad station. |
| Germania | Sedgwick | Lost Town | 1877-1896 | A small town about one and a half miles west of St. Mark, in Garden Plain Township |
| Germantown | Brown | |||
| Germantown | Pottawatomie | Lost Town | On Big Vermillion Creek, near Louisville. | |
| Germantown | Reno | Lost Town | None | It was said to have one of the best schools in Reno County. It also had a church, a carpenter, a blacksmith, and a hide dealer. It was four miles east and two miles north of Yoder. |
| Germantown | Smith | Lost Town | 1872 | It was the center of an early German settlement, located in 1872 and abandoned in 1885. |
| Gertrude | Marshall | Lost Town | None | Founded January 2, 1861, vacated 1864. It was one-mile northwest of Marysville on the hilltop, west of the mill. It consisted of a small frame house where its owner sold “necessaries” to the emigrants. |
| Gettysburg | Graham | Lost Town | ||
| Gibson | Trego | Lost Town | 1880-1893 | The town was located north of the Smoky Hill River in the southwest corner of Trego County. |
| Gideon | Lost Town | 1883-1902 | ||
| Gill | Logan | Lost Town | 1900-1918 | It was located on the Smoky Hill River, about 16 miles west of Russell Springs. |
| Gillespie | Cloud | Lost Town | 1879-1883 | It was on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad. |
| Gilfillan | Bourbon | Lost Town | 1882-1902 | Located south of Devon, the first post office was in a general store with W. Barnett as the postmaster. The village was named after the Gillifillan Stone Quarry, which had a spur from the Missouri Pacific Railroad. |
| Gilliam, Gillam | Rush | Lost Town | 1881-1885 | |
| Girard | Crawford | Current Town | County seat. Named for Stephen Girard, the Philadelphia merchant, banker, and philanthropist of pre-Civil War days. | |
| Glade | Phillps | Current Town | -1996 | The post office closed on July 27, 1996. |
| Gladstone | Chase | Lost Town | None | A railroad station at the mouth of the South fork of the Cottonwood River about two and a half miles east of Cottonwood Falls. |
| Gladys | Sedgwick | Lost Town | 1888-1891 | |
| Glasco | Cloud | Current Town | ||
| Gleed/Corliss | Johnson | Lost Town | The name changed to Corliss. Lost town today. | |
| Glen | Butler | Lost Town | ||
| Glen | Lincoln | Lost Town | 1898-1905 | A hamlet near the head of Spillman Creek, about 16 miles northwest of Lincoln. Vesper, on the Union Pacific, was the nearest railroad station. |
| Glen Burn | Douglas | Lost Town | 1875 | The post office was only open for about nine months. |
| Glen Elder | Mitchell | Current Town | ||
| Glen Park | Wyandotte | Lost Town | 1870-1872 | The post office moved to Rosedale. |
| Glen Sharrold | Rice | Lost Town | ||
| Glen Valley | Sumner | Lost Town | 1878-1881 | The post office moved to Cisne when it closed. |
| Glendale | Bourbon | Lost Town | 1864-1886 1889-1902 |
Located nine miles northwest of Fort Schott. The first postmaster was R.A. Williams. |
| Glendale | Douglas | Lost Town | 1881-1894 | |
| Glendale | Leavenworth | Lost Town | 1856-1857 | |
| Glendale | Saline | Lost Town | None | |
| Glenwild | Elk | Lost Town | 1902-1904 | |
| Glengrouse/Glen Grouse | Cowley | Lost Town | 1877-1904 | The name changed to Glengrouse on April 16, 1894. It was a small village near the northeast corner of the county on Grouse Creek, about 25 miles from Winfield. The population in 1910 was 32. |
| Glenloch | Anderson | Lost Town | 1887-1913 | |
| Glenn | Johnson | Lost Town | 1868-1895 | Located on an early course of the Santa Fe Trail. |
| Glenora | Jewell | Lost Town | ||
| Glenross | Wabaunsee | Lost Town | ||
| Glenwood | Crawford | Lost Town | ||
| Glenwood | Johnson | Lost Town | ||
| Glenwood | Leavenworth | Lost Town | 1869-1870 1884-1902 |
Located in the southeastern part of the county, about two miles northwest of Jaggard. |
| Globe/Marion | Douglas | Lost Town | 1870-1894 | Located on the Santa Fe Trail. The name changed to Globe on August 24, 1881. |
| Gnadenau | Marion | Lost Town | None | Gnadenau was a communal village of German-speaking Mennonite immigrants from Russia who arrived in August 1874. |
| Gnoton/Groton | Logan | Lost Town | 1878-1879 1880-1882 |
A post office called Gnoton opened in August 1878, but its name was changed to Groton just two months later. |
| Goddard | Sedgwick | Current Town | On the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad, it was named for J. F. Goddard, vice-president, and general manager of the Santa Fe, in 1877. | |
| Godfrey | Bourbon | Lost Town | 1870-1901 | In 1870 a coal baron was doing a large business stripping and shipping coal. The village was platted in 1871. |
| Goodland | Sherman | Current Town | From 1909 to 1910, America’s first patented helicopter was invented by William Purvis and Charles Wilson of Goodland. | |
| Goessel | Marion | Current Town | ||
| Goff | Nemaha | Current Town | On the Missouri Pacific Railroad. | |
| Gognac | Grant | Lost Town | 1886-1926 | The post office was in a general store, and only one other business existed. |
| Golden | Grant | Lost Town | 1886-1899 | Located southwest of Ulysses. |
| Golden Belt | Lincoln | Lost Town | 1879-1886 | |
| Golden City | Rice | Lost Town | ||
| Golden Gate | Chautauqua | Lost Town | ||
| Gomeria | Republic | Lost Town | ||
| Good Intent/Goodintent | Atchison | Lost Town | ||
| Good River | Sedgwick | Lost Town | 1876-1882 | |
| Goodland | Sherman | Current Town | County seat of Sherman County. | |
| Goodman | Johnson | Lost Town | Named for the landowner. | |
| Goodrich | Linn | Lost Town | 1871-1942 | It was a station on the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway. Named for John S. Goodrich, the postmaster |
| Goose City | Wallace | Lost Town | ||
| Gopher | Trego | Lost Town | ||
| Gordon | Butler | Lost Town | 1884-1936 | A station on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad 19 miles south of Eldorado. It was in Walnut Township, on the Walnut River. In 1910, it had a money order post office, an express office, a good local retail trade, and a population of 28. It became a Company-owned Oil Town. |
| Gorham | Labette | |||
| Gorham | Russell | Current Town | On the Kansas Pacific Railroad. It was named for a pioneer. | |
| Gould, Valley | Greenwood | Name Change | 1870-1882 | The name changed from Valley to Gould in 1880. The name changed to Severy in 1882. |
| Gould City | Rooks | This place was missed by the railroad and deserted. | ||
| Gourock | Harper | Replaced by Albion. | ||
| Gourock | Sumner | Lost Town | None | Established in about 1878, it was one mile west of Argonia. |
| Gove City | Gove | Current Town | County seat. The blizzard of 1886 forced the cattle ranches out of business. | |
| Gove City | Jefferson | Lost Town | ||
| Gove County | Gove | Current County | Gove County was established in from unorganized area in 1868. The county seat is Gove. | |
| Government Siding | Pawnee | Lost Town | Near Camp Criley. | |
| Grace | Cheyenne | Lost Town | 1901-1903 | |
| Graham | Graham | Name Change | The name changed to Whitfield. | |
| Graham County | Graham | Current County | Graham County was created from unorganized area in 1867. Its county seat is Hill City. | |
| Grainfield | Gove | Current Town | On the Kansas Pacific Railroad. | |
| Grand Bluff, Granite Bluff | Phillips | Lost Town | ||
| Grand Center | Osborne | Lost Town | Established 1872. | |
| Grand Center | Russell | Lost Town | ||
| Grand Haven | Osage | Lost Town | ||
| Grand Prairie | Brown | Lost Town | ||
| Grand View | Morris | Lost Town | 1876-1886 | The post office moved to Delavan in 1886. |
| Grand View | Morton | Lost Town | ||
| Granada/Pleasant Spring | Nemaha | Lost Town | 1856-1906 | First called Pleasant Spring; it was on the Central Overland California and Pike’s Peak Express and the Overland Stage Route. The name was changed to Granada in 1864. |
| Grand Haven | Shawnee | Lost Town | 1875-1901 | A small settlement in the extreme southwest corner of the county about eight miles from Eskridge. |
| Grandview | Riley | Lost Town | 1895 | The post office was only open for two months. |
| Grandview Plaza | Geary | Current Town | ||
| Grand Prairie | Brown | Lost Town | 1870-1888 | |
| Grand Summit | Cowley | Lost Town | 1882-1933 | A station on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad, it was 29 miles northeast of Winfield. In 1910, it had a money order post office, express and telegraph offices, some general stores, did some shipping, and reported a population of 52. |
| Granite Falls/Marble Falls | Marshall | Lost Town | None | Established on the Little Blue River near the mouth of Fawn Creek in Waterville Township. |
| Grange | Linn | Lost Town | 1882-1884 | |
| Grange | Pottawatomie | Lost Town | 1875-1880 | |
| Granite Falls | Marshall | Lost Town | 1858 | Established in 1858. |
| Grannell Springs, Grunnell Springs | Gove | Lost Town | ||
| Gransville | Comanche | Lost Town | ||
| Granville | Washington | Name Change | The name changed to Peach Creek. | |
| Grant | Geary | Lost Town | ||
| Grant | Riley | Lost Town | 1880-1898 | The first settlers were S.D. Houston and Henry Eubank and made their homes on Wild Cat Creek in 1855. |
| Grant | Wabaunsee | Lost Town | ||
| Grant County | Grant | Current County | NA | Formed from Finney and Hamilton Counties in 1887. The county seat is Ulysses. |
| Grantville | Jefferson | On the Kansas Pacific Railroad and the Chicago and Rock Island Railroad. | ||
| Grass | Montgomery | Lost Town | 1880-1886 | In Rutland Township. |
| Grasshopper Creek | Jefferson | Lost Town | Seventeen miles from Kickapoo. | |
| Grasshopper Falls | Jefferson | Name Change | 1855 | Established 1855, it was incorporated in 1859. The name changed to Sautrell Falls in 1863, back to Grasshopper Falls in 1864, and then to Valley Falls in 1875. |
| Graves | Cloud | 1882-1889 1890-1904 |
Graves was a small town located in the central part of Cloud County, about ten miles south of Concordia. | |
| Gray | On the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad. | |||
| Gray County | Gray | Current County | NA | Formed from Finney and Ford Counties in 1887. Cimarron is the county seat. |
| Great Bend | Barton | Current Town | County seat. On the Santa Fe Trail. Settled in 1871 and boomed when the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad arrived in 1872. | |
| Great Nemaha Agency | Doniphan | Lost Town | See Nemaha Agency. | |
| Great Spirit Springs | Mitchell | Name Change | Now Waconda Springs. | |
| Greeley | Anderson | Current Town | ||
| Greeley Center | Greeley | Lost Town | None | Established by the Greeley Town Company, which was formed in October 1885. In June 1887, the Missouri Pacific Railroad put tracks through Horace and left Greeley Center unable to continue its growth. |
| Greeley County | Greeley | Current County | NA | It was created from unorganized area in 1873. The county seat is Tribune. |
| Green | Clay | Current Town | ||
| Green Cove | Cloud | Lost Town | 1879-1881 | |
| Green Elm | Crawford | Lost Town | Green Elm was located on Hickory Creek, about five miles southwest of Idell. | |
| Green Lamb’s Crossing | Geary | Lost Place | Established in 857 on the Smoky Hill River, it was eight west of Junction City. Green Lamb, proprietor. | |
| Green Ridge | Pawnee | Lost Town | 1878-1881 | |
| Green Springs | Johnson | Lost Town | ||
| Green Top | Doniphan | Lost Town | 1857-1859 | A. S. Ross, postmaster. It was about two miles south of Bendena. |
| Green Valley | Ellsworth | Name Change | The name changed to Cain. | |
| Greenbush | Crawford | Lost Town | 1874-1901 | |
| Greenbush | Leavenworth | Lost Town | 1856 | The post office was only open for five months. |
| Greenfield | Elk | Lost Town | 1870-1879 | |
| Greenleaf | Washington | Current Town | On the Missouri Pacific Railroad. | |
| Greensburg | Kiowa | Current Town | County seat. Named for D. R. Green, stage-line owner, Green’s stage line became known as the Cannonball, and he was known as “Cannonball Green.” On the Chicago and Rock Island Railroad in 1887. | |
| Greensward | Meade | Lost Town | Vacated 1899. | |
| Greenvale | Russell | Lost Town | ||
| Greenville | Jewell | Lost Town | ||
| Greenwich Heights | ||||
| Greenwood | Brown | Lost Town | Incorporated 1857. | |
| Greenwood/Sac & Fox Agency | Franklin | Lost Town | 1855-1872 | The name changed from Sac & Fox Agency to Greenwood on February 27, 1861. |
| Greenwood City | Greenwood | Lost Town | 1884-1887 | |
| Greenwood County | Greenwood | Current County | NA | One of the original 36 counties, it was established in 1855. Eureka is the county seat. |
| Gregory | Cherokee | Lost Town | 1874 | The post office was only open for two months |
| Gregory | Jewell | Lost Town | ||
| Grenola | Elk | Current Town | ||
| Gretna | Phillips | Lost Town | Originally laid out on September 15, 1887, and was called Dana. When the railroad arrived, it was renamed Gretna. At one point, it had a bank, an elevator, and several other stores. It was settled mostly by families from Missouri. | |
| Greystone | Wilson | Lost Town | 1867-1887 | The post office moved to Sidell. |
| Gridley | Coffey | Current Town | ||
| Grigsby | ||||
| Grigston | Scott | |||
| Grimm | Wabaunsee | Lost Town | ||
| Grinnell | Gove | Current Town | On the Kansas Pacific Railroad. | |
| Grinter | Wyandotte | Lost Town | 1889-1902 | Established in 1831 on the Kansas River, on the Fort Leavenworth-Fort Gibson Military Road. Nine miles west of Kansas City, Kansas. Moses R. Grinter’s two-story brick house, built in the late 1850s, is maintained by Kansas State Historical Society. |
| Grinter’s Ferry, Delaware National Ferry, Delaware Crossing, Secondline Crossing | Wyandotte | Lost Place | NA | Established in 1831 on the Kansas River, on the Fort Leavenworth-Fort Gibson Military Road. Moses R. Grinter, Proprietor. |
| Griswold | Lost Town | 1887-1897 | ||
| Gross | Crawford | Lost Town | 1907-1934 | Gross was a coal mining camp. |
| Groton | Wallace | Lost Town | Discontinued 1882. | |
| Grouse Creek | Cowley | Lost Town | 1870-1872 1874-1876 |
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| Grove | Ottawa | Lost Town | ||
| Grove City | Jefferson | Lost Town | 1869-1883 | |
| Groveland | McPherson | Lost Town | 1874-1883 1887-1912 1915-1939 |
A station on the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad six miles southwest of McPherson. In 1910, it had telegraphic communications, an express office, a post office, and a population of 20. |
| Grover | Ottawa | Lost Town | 1886-1898 | |
| Groy | On the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad. | |||
| Grunnell Springs, Grannell Springs | Gove | Lost Town | ||
| Guelph | Sumner | Lost Town | 1872-1902 | It was located in the county’s southeastern corner, six miles east and one mile south of South Haven, at 170th Street South and Hillside Road. |
| Guild City | Greenwood | Lost Town | ||
| Guilford | Wilson | Lost Town | 1868-1886 1888-1922 |
A station on the Missouri Pacific Railroad in Guilford Township. In 1910, it had a money-order post office and a population of 32. It was eight miles northeast of Fredonia. |
| Guittard Station | Marshall | Lost Place | 1861-1900 | A travelers’ rest, an Overland stage stop, and a Pony Express Station in 1860. |
| Gum Springs, Shawnee | Johnson | Name Change | This was Gum Spring Campground in 1847, six miles west of Westport, Missouri. It was the first county seat of Johnson County. Now Shawnee | |
| Gurley, Garley | Cloud | Lost Town | ||
| Gurney | Cheyenne | Lost Town | 1887-1907 | The site moved to Colorado. |
| Guthrie | Dickinson | Lost Town | 1872-1873 | |
| Guy | ||||
| Gypsum | Saline | Current Town | Named after Gypsum Greek east of Salina. It “swallowed up” an earlier town named Pliney. In 1892, 7,000 tons of gypsum were shipped from its mill to Chicago for buildings in the World’s Fair. |