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| Place Name | County | Place Type | Post Office Dates | More Information |
| Iago, Igo | Rooks | Lost Town | ||
| Iatan Ferry | Lost Place | NA | This ferry operated from 1855-61 on the Missouri River. Formerly Daugherty’s Landing, Nimrod Farley, proprietor. | |
| Iantha or Ianthe | Anderson | Lost Town | Laid out in 1856, it was the first town laid out in the county. The name was changed to Kansas City, and the townsite was abandoned in 1858. | |
| Ibaton | Jewell | Lost Town | 1873-1886 | Ibaton was a farming settlement in Esbon Township, in the western central part of Jewell County. In 1880, it had a population of about 200, a stone Catholic Church building, Methodist and United Brethren congregations, a school, and a grocery store. |
| Ida | Harper | Lost Town | Near Albion. | |
| Ida | Republic | Lost Town | 1873-1885 | It was located in 1872 and named for Miss Ida Williams, daughter of a pioneer settler. |
| Idana | Clay | Extinct Town | 1882-1980 | The name Idana was a combination of the names of two sisters: Ida Howland and Anna Broughton. It was located in Five Creeks Township on the Union Pacific Railroad, seven miles west of Clay Center. The Presbyterian Church, still the center of much activity in town, was built in 1889. The community has a few vacant business buildings and several homes. |
| Idaville | Reno | Lost Town | 1875-1876 | The post office moved to Nonpariel. |
| Idell | Crawford | Lost Town | 1870-1901 | Idell was situated on Hickory Creek, 12 miles southwest of Girard. |
| Idenbro | Labette | Lost Town | 1887-1901 | Idenbro was a Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad station in Labette Township. It was named for Thomas T. Iden, postmaster. In 1910, its population was 104, and it received its mail from Parsons. It was five miles southwest of Parsons and 15 miles northwest of Oswego, the county seat. |
| Idylwild | Clay | Lost Town | 1897-1901 | A hamlet located 11 miles north of Clay Center. The population in 1910 was 15. |
| Igo | Rooks | This was a country post office 13 miles southeast of Stockton, the county seat and banking point, and nine miles south . of Woodston, the nearest railway station. | ||
| Ilion | Rawlins | Possibly named after Ilion, New York. | ||
| Imes/Larimore | Franklin | Lost Town | 1877-1917 | Named for Harmon Imes, the postmaster. The name changed from Larimore to Imes on May 23, 1887. |
| Imogene | Reno | Lost Town | It was on the Chicago and Rock Island Railroad in 1887. | |
| Imperial | Finney | Lost Town | 1888-1932 | In 1910, Imperial was a country post office with tri-weekly mail in Garfield Township with a population of 20. It was 23 miles northeast of Garden City and 19 miles southwest of Dighton, in Lane County, which was the nearest railroad station. |
| Independence | Montgomery | Current Town | County seat. | |
| Independence Crossing | Marshall | Lost Place | A trading post six miles south of Marysville in 1848, located at the point where General John C. Fremont forded the Blue River in 1842 and where the Mormons crossed in later years. | |
| Independence Spring | Atchison | Lost Town | P.O. 1855. | |
| Indian City | Linn | Lost Town | Two miles west of Prescott. | |
| Indian Creek | Elk | Lost Town | 1873-1882 | |
| Indian Creek | Linn | Lost Town | 1862-1868 | |
| Indian Creek Campground | Johnson | Lost Place | This emigrant staging area extended several miles from the Missouri State line in a southwest direction and included Indian Creek and its several branches. West of Little Santa Fe, the trail from Independence paralleled Tomahawk Creek, a southern branch of Indian Creek, to the divide east of Lone Elm Campground. | |
| Indiana City/Scranton | Osage | Name Change | Now Scranton. | |
| Indian Valley | Anderson | Lost Place | 1861 | The post office was only open for about eight months. |
| Indianapolis | Miami | Lost Town | P.O. 1859. | |
| Indianola-Smithfield | Butler | Lost Town | 1871-1902 | In Benton Township. The name changed from Smithfield to Indianola on June 1, 1874. It was located 12 miles southwest of Eldorado and eight miles northwest of Augusta. |
| Indianola | Shawnee | Lost Town | 1855-1868 | It was founded by H.D. McMeekin and was a pro-slavery settlement north of Topeka. |
| Industry | Dickinson | Extinct Town | 1876-1906 | Industry straddles the Clay/Dickinson county line at the Chapman Creek crossing. Amazingly, for a small town without a post office for more than a century, it continues to be called home to numerous residents and has an active Methodist Church. It is located approximately 13 miles north of Abilene. |
| Inez | Sherman | Lost Town | ||
| Ingalls | Gray | Current Town | Located on the Santa Fe Trail. In 1887 Asa T. Soule, a millionaire promoter from New York, laid out the town and named it after Senator John J. Ingalls. | |
| Ingalls | Lincoln | Lost Town | ||
| Ingleton/Arnold | Crawford | Lost Town | 1871-1872 | The name was changed from Arnold to Ingleton on February 26, 1872. |
| Ingo | Barber | Lost Town | ||
| Inland | Greenwood | Lost Town | 1862-1863 | |
| Inman/Superior | McPherson | Current Town | Also called Superior, it was located on the Chicago and Rock Island Railroad in 1887; | |
| Inman | Pratt | Lost Town | Established 1879. | |
| Ino | Osage | Lost Town | 1899-1900 | |
| Inver | Atchison | Lost Town | ||
| Invermay | Atchison | Lost Town | 1882-1897 | A country post office, it shipped grain and livestock, and mail was delivered daily to to John Andrews, the postmaster. |
| Inyo | Harper | Lost Town | Located one mile from the county line. | |
| Iola | Allen | Current Town | County seat. Founded in 1857 and settled by German immigrants. | |
| Iola | Doniphan | Lost Town | None | Located near the Wolf River, across from the community of Fanning. |
| Ionia | Jewell | Extinct Town | 1871-1982 | Ionia, Kansas, is a ghost town near the middle forks of Limestone Creek in the southern part of Ionia Township of Jewell County, Kansas. |
| Iowa | Ness | Lost Town | ||
| Iowa City, Iowa Creek | Crawford | Lost Town | 1867 1870-1877 |
Iowa City was situated two miles southeast of Pittsburg. |
| Iowa Point | Doniphan | Lost Town | 1955-1933 | It was located on the Missouri River and the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad in Iowa Township. |
| Iowaville | Sedgwick | 1874-1902 | ||
| Irene | Hamilton | Lost Town | 1887-1890 1906-1933 |
A country post office, Irene was located in Bear Creek Township. In 1910, it had tri-weekly mail and a population of 25. The principal occupations were farming and stockraising. It was 15 miles southwest of Syracuse, the county seat. |
| Irene | Pratt | Lost Town | It was between Wichita and Dodge City. | |
| Irish Creek | Marshall | Lost Place | Located on the south fork of the Black Vermillion River, this was located on the crossing of the Parallel Road In 1859. It was probably the Gilliam Company campsite on June 4, 1844. | |
| Iron Mound | Saline | Lost Town | 1866-1868 | |
| Irwin | Neosho | Lost Town | 1871 | The post office was only open for about six months. |
| Irving | Marshall | Lost town | 1860-1960 | Irving had a tragic life filled with drought, grasshoppers, & tornadoes before it was finally wiped out with the Tuttle Lake Dam. |
| Isabel | Barber | Current Town | ||
| Island | Neosho | Lost Town | 1871-1878 1880-1901 |
Located in the southeast part of Neosho County, the first settlement was made here in 1869 by L.F. Rogers, and a townsite was established |
| Island City | Geary | Lost Town | 1855 | |
| Island Creek | Wyandotte | Lost Town | 1866 | The post office was only open for a month. |
| Italia, Florence | Lyon | Name Change | Now Neosho Rapids. | |
| Iuka | Labette | Lost Town | 1866-1869 | |
| Iuka | Pratt | Current Town | Held the county seat until a redistricting of the area; | |
| Ivanhoe | Haskell | Lost Town | Vacated 1903. | |
| Ivanpah | Greenwood | Lost Town | 1879-1904 | |
| Ives | Montgomery | Lost Town | 1882-1884 | |
| Ivy/Bunker Hill | Lyon | Lost Town | 1870 1871-1896 |
The post office in Bunker Hill was only open for four months in 1870. It was reopened in 1871 and renamed Ivy. |
| Iwacura | Clay | Lost Town | 1882-1894 | A country post office in Clay County, it was 18 miles northwest of Clay Center, the county seat, and 12 miles south of Clifton, its nearest banking and shipping point, from which its mail was delivered semi-weekly by stagecoach to James H. Geist, postmaster. |
| Jack | Russell | Lost Town | 1883-1888 | |
| Jackson | Linn | Lost Town | 1858-1859 1862-1872 |
Jackson was the first post office established in Liberty Township on June 30, 1858. |
| Jackson County | Jackson | Current County | NA | One of the original 36 counties, it was created in 1855. It was initially called Calhoun County. Holton is the county seat. |
| Jackson’s Mills | Wilson | Lost Town | ||
| Jacksonville | Jefferson | Lost Town | 1883-1887 | |
| Jacksonville | Neosho | Lost Town | 1867-1882 | Jacksonville was situated on the corners of Crawford, Neosho, and Labette Counties and within about 100 yards from the corner of Cherokee County. |
| Jacksonville | Smith | Lost Town | ||
| Jaggard | Leavenworth | Lost Town | 1889-1905 | On the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad two miles northwest of Bonner Springs |
| Jamaica | Greenwood | Lost Town | ||
| James Crossing | Jackson | Lost Town | 1862-1886 | James’ Crossing was established in 1862 on Soldier Creek; John James, Proprietor & postmaster. Post village in 1864. On the post road from Atchison to Louisville in 1864. |
| Jamesburgh | Sedgwick | Lost Town | 1873-1880 | Located a little over two miles northwest of Wichita. It was laid out in the winter of 1872-73 and named for James Morgan, the proprietor. It once had a store, shop, and post office, but they were gone by the early 1880s. |
| Jamestown | Cloud | Current Town | ||
| Jamestown Ferry | Doniphan | Lost Place | Established in 1841 at Jamestown Landing on the Missouri River about 7.5 miles above St. Joseph, Missouri, near the mouth of Dillon Creek. | |
| Janesville | Greenwood | Lost Town | 1860-1880 | |
| Janet | Reno | Lost Town | Located between Arlington and Langdon on the Chicago and Rock Island Railroad | |
| Jaqua | Cheyenne | Lost Town | 1887-1919 | A small settlement located on the south fork of the Republican River in the southwestern part of the county. |
| Jarbalo | Leavenworth | Extinct Town | 1872-1958 | There are still several homes in the community and an active church. |
| Jarvis View, Jarvis Creek | Rice | Lost Town | East of Lyons on Santa Fe Trail. | |
| Jasper | Linn | Lost Town | 1898-1901 | |
| Jay | Leavenworth | Lost Town | 1898-1902 | Located about six miles southwest of Easton. |
| Jay Eau-Jay Eu | Republic | Lost Town | 1872-1878 1879-1883 |
A post office in the southwestern part of Republic County, it was ten miles from Belleville. |
| Jay Hawk | Chautauqua | Name Change | The name changed to Matanzas. | |
| Jeddo | Allen | Lost Town | 1868-1877 | |
| Jefferson | Montgomery | Lost Town | 1888-1954 | Located on Fawn Creek, it was a station on the Missouri Pacific Railroad. It was laid out in 1886 when the railroad was extended to that point and named for Albert Jefferson Broadbent, the original owner of the townsite. In 1910, it had an express office, good local trade, a money order post office with one rural route, and a population of 100. It still has several homes, including one that was once a schoolhouse built in 1900. |
| Jefferson | Republic | Lost Town | 1878-1883 | |
| Jefferson City | Jefferson | Lost Town | 1864-1865 | |
| Jefferson County | Jefferson | Current County | One of the original 36 counties, it was created in 1855. Oskaloosa is the county seat. | |
| Jeffersonville | Cowley | Lost Town | 1870-1872 | The post office moved to Lazette. |
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| Jennings | Decatur | Current Town | Named for Warren Jennings, the postmaster. | |
| Jericho | Gove | Lost Town | 1905-1923 | Jericho was a country post office in Larabee Township, 12 miles southeast of Gove, the county seat, and 15 miles from Quinter, its nearest shipping point. |
| Jerome | Anderson | Name Change | The name changed to Central City. | |
| Jerome | Atchison | Lost Town | ||
| Jericho | Gove | Lost Town | 1905-1923 | A small town located south and west of Hackberry. |
| Jerome | Gove | Lost Town | 1886-1943 | Jerome was located on the Smoky Hill River in Jerome Township. The town was founded in 1886. Jerome was a flourishing community until the Gove County Aerial Gunnery Range was established in the southwest part of Gove County. The government took over in 1943 |
| Jerusalem | Johnson | Lost Town | 1895-1900 | Located two miles northeast of Gardner. |
| Jetmore | Hodgeman | Current Town | County seat. On the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad. | |
| Jewell | Jewell | Current Town | Named for Colonel N. H. Billings, a founder of Jewell. | |
| Jewell Center/Mankato | Jewell | Name Change | Now Mankato. | |
| Jewell County | Jewell | Current County | NA | Created from unorganized area in 1867. Mankato is the county seat. |
| Jimtown | Phillips | Lost Town | Seven miles north of Phillipsburg. | |
| Jingo | Miami | Lost Town | ||
| Johnson | Crawford | Name Change | Now Drywood. | |
| Johnson | Pottawatomie | Lost Town | 1872-1873 | The post office was only open for about six months. |
| Johnson City | Stanton | Current Town | County seat. | |
| Johnson/Veteran | Stanton | Current Town | 1887-Present | County seat. The town was initially called Veteran. Changed to Johnson in 1887. On the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad. |
| Johnson County | Johnson | Current County | NA | One of the original 36 counties, it was created in 1855. Olathe is the county seat. |
| Johnsonville | Jewell | Lost Town | 1871-1885 | In 1880, it had daily stagecoach service to Scandia and Cawker City. It was located in the southeastern part of Jewell County, 18 miles from Mankato, 12 miles from Jamestown, and an equal distance from Scottsville. |
| Johnston | Sumner | Lost Town | None | It was one mile north and 3.5 miles west of Caldwell at 1100 West 160th Street South. |
| Johnstown | McPherson | Lost Town | 1883 1885-1904 |
Named for John Johnson, the postmaster. A hamlet with a station on the Salina & McPherson branch of the Union Pacific Railroad. It was six miles south of Lindsborg, the nearest significant town. |
| Jonah | Washington | Lost Town | 1898-1902 | Jonah was eight miles southeast of Washington, the county seat, and five miles from Greenleaf, the nearest shipping point and the post office from which its mail was distributed after its post office closed. |
| Jones | Morris | Lost Town | On the Chicago and Rock Island Railroad. | |
| Jonesburg | Chautauqua | Lost Town | ||
| Jonestown | Allen | Lost Town | 1875-1879 | Nine miles east of Iola. |
| Jonesville | Brown | Lost Town | 1879-1885 | |
| Jordon Springs | Reno | Lost Town | 1875-1887 | Jordan Springs had a school, a store, and a beauty shop. It was located about two miles west and one mile south of Langdon, or 30 miles southwest of Hutchinson. |
| Josalina | Lincoln | Lost Town | 1886 | The post office was only open for a few months, from February 23, 1886, to July 28, 1886 |
| Journeycake, Johnny Cake | Leavenworth | Name Change | An Indian village, a stage station, and a post office. It was later called Stranger and now Linwood. | |
| Joy | Kiowa | Lost Town | On the Chicago and Rock Island Railroad in 1887. | |
| Joy | Lyon | Lost Town | ||
| Joy Creek | Washington | Lost Town | 1870-1878 | |
| Judson | Smith | Lost Town | ||
| Julia | Kingman | Lost Town | 1889-1908 | Located in Ninnescah Township, Julia was on the Missouri Pacific Railroad seven miles southeast of Kingman. The railroad’s name was Alameda. In 1910, it had a general store and a population of 27. |
| Julian | Montgomery | Lost Town | A paper town. | |
| Junction | Leavenworth | Lost Town | On the Missouri River. | |
| Junction City | Geary | Current Town | County seat. Founded in 1858 near the junction of the Republican and Smoky Hill Rivers. Originally named Manhattan, it was located on the Smoky Hill Trail. It was a station on the Leavenworth-Pikes Peak Express. Later, it was located on the Kansas Pacific Railroad and the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway. | |
| Juniata, Dyers’ Town | Pottawatomie | Lost Town | 1855-1856 | The Juniata crossing of the Big Blue River was on the Fort Leavenworth-Fort Riley Military Road. |
| Jurett | Wilson | Lost Town | 1871-1887 | The post office moved to Buxton. |