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Place Name | County | Place Type | Post Office Dates | More Information |
Nadeau | Jackson | Lost Town | 1887-1913 | A hamlet located near the southern line of the county, 16 miles south of Holton. In 1910, it had a money order post office, some local trade, and a population of 25. Hoyt was the nearest railroad station. |
Nance | Phillips | Lost Town | ||
Nancy | Pottawatomie | Lost Town | 1870-1874 | |
Naomi | Mitchell | Lost Town | ||
Narka | Republic | Current Town | Named for the daughter of a Chicago and Rock Island Railroad official. | |
Naron/Byers | Pratt | First called Naron, then changed to Byers. | ||
Narrows | Osage | Lost Place | A station on the Santa Fe Trail. | |
Nashville | Coffey | Lost Town | 1858-1866 | Located in Star Township, it was founded in 1858. |
Nashville | Kingman | Current Town | ||
Natha | Barton | Lost Town | 1881-1887 | The post office moved from Leoville. |
Natoma | Osborne | Current Town | ||
Natroma | Pratt | Lost Town | Also called Olympia. It was on the Chicago and Rock Island Railroad. Discontinued 1888. | |
Navarre | Dickinson | Extinct Town | 1884-1971 | Located in Logan Township, 12 miles southeast of Abilene. It still has several homes, a grain elevator, a community center, and a small population. |
Naylor | Cherokee | Named for a pioneer. | ||
Nearman/Nearmon’s Station, | Wyandotte | Lost Town | 1867-1875 | |
Neely | Leavenworth | Lost Town | 1888-1923 | Located in the southwestern part of the cunty, it was on the Missouri Pacific Railroad five miles northwest of Tonganoxie. |
Neighborville | Norton | Lost Town | ||
Neilsburg | Republic | Lost Town | ||
Nekoma | Rush | Ghost Town | 1890-2009 | The post office closed on September 12, 2009. |
Nellans | Butler | Lost Town | 1882-1892 | In Fairmont Township. |
Nelson | Cloud | Lost Town | ||
Nelson | Crawford | Lost Town | 1895-1905 | |
Nemaha Agency | Doniphan | Lost Place | 1856-1847 | The post office moved from Highland. |
Nemaha County | Nemaha | Current County | NA | One of the original 36 counties established in 1855. First called Dorn County. Seneca is the county seat. |
Neodesha | Wilson | Current Town | Founded in 1867. On the St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad. | |
Neola | Labette | Lost Town | Incorporated 1867; moved to Labette. | |
Neoma | Lost Town | The Town company was incorporated in 1857. | ||
Neosho | Allen | Lost Town | 1871 | The post office was only open for about three months. |
Neosho | Neosho | Lost Town | Located just inside the Neosho County line south of Petrolia in Allen County. | |
Neosho City | Coffey | Lost Town | 1857-1861 | Junction of Big Creek and Neosho River, west of Leroy. |
Neosho County | Neosho | Current County | NA | One of the original 36 counties created in 1855. The county seat is Erie. |
Neosho Falls | Woodson | Ghost Town | Neosho Falls is in the northeast corner of the county and was once the county seat. On the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway. | |
Neosho Rapids | Lyon | Current Town | It was on the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway. | |
Neptawah | Sumner | Name Change | The name changed to Oxford in 1871. | |
Nescatunga | Comanche | Lost Town | Vacated 1897. | |
Ness City | Ness | Current Town | County seat. | |
Ness County | Ness | Current County | NA | Created from unorganized area in 1867. Ness City is the county seat. |
Netawaka | Jackson | Current Town | It was on the Missouri Pacific Railroad. | |
Netherland/Lerado | Reno | Lost Town | 1874-1904 | The town was named after Laredo, Texas but was misspelled when the application went in for a post office. |
Nettleton | Edwards | Lost Town | ||
Neuchatel | Nemaha | Extinct Town | 1864-1901 | Settlers in the immediate vicinity were French and Swiss. An old school and the village hall still stand. |
Neutral/Brush Creek | Cherokee | Lost Town | 1871-1907 | Located on the St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad, seven miles south of Columbus. |
Neutral City | Cherokee | Lost Town | 1867-1882 | |
Neva | Republic | Lost Town | ||
Neva Station | Chase | Lost Place | None | On a branch of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad about three and a half miles west of Strong City. |
Nevada | Douglas | Lost Town | ||
Nevada | Ness | Lost Town | Established 1879; abandoned 1882. | |
Nevada | Leavenworth | Lost Town | 1855-1857 | |
Nevada City Ferry | Leavenworth | Lost Place | Established in 1858 on the Kansas River in Nevada. J. McGhee, operator. It was about 1.8 miles south of Linwood. | |
Neville | Sherman | A country post office located in Grant township, 20 miles northwest of Goodland. | ||
New Albany | Wilson | Current Town | -2017 | The post office closed on August 12, 2017. |
New Albia | Graham | Lost Town | ||
New Almelo | Norton | Extinct Town | -1996 | The post office closed on February 17, 1996. |
New Arcadia | Osborne | Lost Town | ||
New Basel/New Basill | Dickinson | Lost Town | 1879-1897 | The name changed from New Basill to New Basel on May 29, 1882. |
New Boston | Douglas | Name Change | Now Lawrence. | |
New Brighton | Jackson | Name Change | Now Circleville. | |
New Buffalo | Gray | Lost Town | ||
New Cambria | Saline | Current Town | ||
New Canton | Cowley | Lost Town | 1879-1882 | |
New Chicago | Mitchell | Name Change | The name changed to Springfield. | |
New Chicago | Neosho | Name Change | Now Chanute. | |
New Chillicothe | Dickinson | Lost Town | 1873-1901 | It was located in the northeastern corner of the county, 15 miles from Abilene and ten miles north of Chapman. Its population in 1910 was 20. |
New Cincinnati | Rice | Lost Town | ||
New Dayton | Marshall | Lost Town | 1858-1860 | New Dayton was located northeast of Barrett, but it was really never much of a town. |
New Elam, New Elm | Norton | Lost Town | ||
New Eureka | Jackson | Lost Town | 1858-1877 | |
New Excelsior | Butler | Lost Town | 1875-1880 | |
New Falls | Washington | Lost Town | ||
New Gottland | McPherson | Lost Town | 1872-1883 | |
New Haven | Reno | Lost Town | 1887 | The post office was only open for nine months. It was three miles west and five miles north of Ost. |
New Lexington | Wabaunsee | Lost Town | Vacated 1905. | |
New Liberty | Republic | Lost Town | ||
New London | Reno | Lost Town | 1873-1881 | The town was part of Rice County until the county line changed, and it became part of Reno County. |
New Memphis | Cherokee | Lost Town | 1874-1876 | The post office moved to Star Valley. |
New Miami | Lost Town | |||
New Milwaukee | Butler | Lost Town | Founded in 1870; abandoned in 1880. | |
New Murdock | Kingman | Name Change | Now Murdock. | |
New Pittsburg | Crawford | Name Change | Now Pittsburg. | |
New Salem | Cowley | Extinct Town | It was located on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad in Richland Township, eight miles northeast of Winfield. | |
New St. Louis | Miami | Lost Town | ||
New Strawn | Coffey | Current Town | ||
New Scandinavia | Republic | Name Change | Now Scandia. | |
New Tabor | Republic | Lost Town | 1871 | Located in March 1871; abandoned in 1882; a Bohemian settlement named for Tabor, a city of Bohemia. |
New Windsor/Cheneyville | Cherokee | Name Change | 1883-1887 | The name changed from Cheneyville to New Windsor in 1885. |
Newark | Wilson | Lost Town | ||
Newbern | Dickinson | Lost Town | 1872-1887 | |
Newberry, Newburg | Wabaunsee | Name Change | Now Newbury. | |
Newby | Ness | Name Change | Established 1879; name changed to Buda. | |
Newcastle | Doniphan or Brown | Lost Town | A coal mining town was incorporated in 1857 by Richard Rose and A.M. Mitchell. | |
Newcastle | Cherokee | Lost Town | 1883-1885 | The post office moved to Stippville. |
Newkirk/Colcord | Ford | Lost Town | 1887-1888 | The town’s name changed from Colcord to Newkirk in 1887. The post office moved to Kingsdown in 1888. |
Newman | Jefferson | Lost Town | 1868-1969 | Newman was a station on the Kansas Pacific Railroad in Kentucky Township. It was also on the Chicago and Rock Island Railroad. Named for H. L. Newman, town promoter |
Newport | Dickinson | Lost Town | Newport was the first county seat of Dickinson County. The post office moved to Abilene in 1862. | |
Newport | Neosho | Lost Town | ||
Newport Ferry | Dickinson | Lost Place | Established in 1859 on the Kansas River, Newport Town Company, proprietor. | |
Newton | Harvey | Current Town | County seat. It was on the Chisholm Trail. In July 1871, the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad extended its line to Newton, which succeeded Abilene as a cowtown. | |
Newark | Wilson | Lost Place | 1870-1871 1882-1884 |
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Nicaragua | Woodson | Lost Town | Incorporated 1857. | |
Nichols | Jefferson | Lost Town | It was on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad. | |
Nickel | Kiowa | Lost Town | Located 16 miles southwest of Greenburg. | |
Nickerson | Reno | Current Town | It was on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad. | |
Nicodemus | Graham | Historic Site | 1877-1953 | Established in 1877 by Exodusters, the best-known and most successful of the Black settlements. Town named for an escaped slave. W.R. Hill, town promoter. |
Nimrod | Lincoln | Lost Town | ||
Ninnescah | Cowley | Lost Town | 1871-1878 | The post office moved to Bushnell. |
Ninnescah | Kingman | Lost Town | Vacated 1901. | |
Ninnescah | Sumner | Lost Town | None | Established in about 1870, it was four miles north of Oxford on the east side of the Arkansas River. |
Ninnesk | Butler | Lost Town | ||
Niotaze | Chautauqu | Current Town | ||
Nirwana | Meade | Lost Town | Vacated 1891. | |
Nixon | Pawnee | Lost Town | 1878-1889 | |
Noble | Rice | Lost Town | Chartered 1879. | |
Noblesville/Huntsville | Reno | Lost Town | 1878-1905 | First called Huntsville when a post office was established. Later called Noblesville. |
Nohart | Brown | Lost Town | 1859-1860 | The post office moved to Nebraska. |
Noland or Nolan | Ford | Lost Town | 1887-1893 | Started around 1882 as a country store and later gained a post office. |
Noll | Atchison | Lost Town | 1899-1900 | A small village situated on the Missouri River about five miles below Atchison. |
Nonchalanta | Ness | Lost Town | Vacated 1905. | |
Nonpariel | Reno | Lost Town | 1876-1879 1880-1881 |
The post office moved from Idaville. Also spelled Nonpareil. The town had a school until 1897, when it was disbanded, and students went to nearby Abbyville. |
Norcatur | Decatur | Current Town | ||
Norfolk | Ellis | Lost Town | 1889-1909 | |
Norman | Phillips | Lost Town | ||
Normanville/Ridge Farm/ Wolf River |
Doniphan | Lost Town | 1862-1887 | Established in 1861. The post office was established on March 21, 1862, with William Normile as postmaster. The name changed in 1864 to Ridge Farm, then re-named Wolf River in 1865. |
North Altoona | Wilson | Lost Town | 1911-1918 | Location of the Portland Cement plant that employed 150 to 200 men. It operated from 1909 to 1918. |
North Cedar | Jackson | Lost Town | 1867-1887 | The post office moved to Denison. |
North Cedar | Jefferson | Lost Town | 1890-1937 | North Cedar was a small hamlet on the Missouri Pacific Railroad in Delaware Township. |
North Cottonwood Falls | Chase | Lost Town | None | The town company filed the plat in January 1861. In 1862, it was a candidate for the county seat. It was located near Elmdale. |
North Elk | Republic | Lost Town | ||
North Newton | Harvey | Current Town | ||
North Topeka/Eugene | Shawnee | Extinct Town | 1866-1879 | The name changed from Eugene to North Topeka on December 12, 1870. |
North Wichita | Sedgwick | Extinct Town | 1888-1901 | Located on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad five miles north of Wichita. |
Northbranch | Jewell | |||
Northcott | Anderson | Lost Town | 1887-1906 | The post office moved from Como. |
Northfield | Sumner | Lost Town | 1884 | The post office was only open for about eight months. It moved to Conway Springs when it closed. |
Northward | Greenwood | Lost Town | 1871-1875 | |
Norton | Norton | Current Town | County seat. Platted in 1872 near the site of a famous stagecoach stop, Station 15. By 1885 Norton was a well-established city. | |
Norton County | Norton | Current County | NA | Created from unorganized area in 1867. It was first called Billings County. Norton is the county seat. |
Nortonville | Jefferson | Current Town | It was on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad. | |
Norwalk | Kingman | Lost Town | ||
Norway | Republic | Extinct Town | -2008 | The post office closed on August 16, 2008. |
Norwich | Kingman | Current Town | 1878-2011 | Town was named Norwich because of its English settlers. It was on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad and the Missouri Pacific Railroad. The post office closed on July 9, 2011. |
Norwood | Franklin | Lost Town | 1868-1872 1874-1914 |
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Nottingham | Marshall | Name Change | 1857-1869 | Located in 1857, it changed to Frankfort in 1869. |
Novelty | Montgomery | Lost Town | 1876 | The post office was open for less than two months. |
Nuato | Leavenworth | Lost Town | 1855 | The post office was only open for ten months. |
Numa | Butler | Lost Town | 1886-1904 | It was located 18 miles south of Eldorado and five miles east of Gordon, the nearest shipping point. |
Nyack | Crawford | Lost Town | Now Midway. | |
Nyra | Rooks | Lost Town |