Neosho Falls, Kansas Powerhouse by Kathy Alexander.
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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 | 1874-1879 | The Neilsburgh post office was established in 1874 in Beaver Township of Republic County. In 1878, it was on the stagecoach line from Scandia to Jewell City, from which its daily mail was delivered to postmaster Henry Bollen. |
| 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 | 1873-1888 | |
| 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 | 1868-1870 | Gilbert Martin, John N. Watson, David C. Lowe, Julius S. Waters, Charles A. Kelso, Benjamin A. Rice, and others were incorporated to lay off the town. The charter was filed in the office of the Secretary of State on December 24, 1867. The town never had much more than one store and a blacksmith shop. The post office moved to Labette when it closed. |
| 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-New Elam | Norton | Extinct Town | 1879-1901 1902-1905 1917-1996 |
New Almelo, Kansas, is a small, unincorporated community in Southwest Norton County. It is also an “extinct town ” because it no longer has a post office. This area was first homesteaded along the Solomon River in 1873 by Catholics from Canada. St. Joseph Catholic Church, at 28035 Saint John Street, still has an active parish, and its old school still stands. |
| 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 | Finney | Lost Town | 1879-1881 | Established in Buffalo County. |
| New Cambria | Saline | Current Town | ||
| New Canton | Cowley | Lost Town | 1879-1882 | |
| New Chicago | Mitchell | Name Change | The name changed to Springfield. | |
| New Chicago-Chanute | Neosho | Name Change | Now Chanute. | |
| New Chillicothe | Dickinson | Lost Town | 1873-1901 | It was located in the county’s northeastern corner, 15 miles from Abilene and ten miles north of Chapman. Its population was 20 in 1910. |
| New Cincinnati | Rice | Lost Town | ||
| New Dayton | Marshall | Lost Town | 1858-1860 | New Dayton was located northeast of Barrett, but it was never much of a town. |
| New Elam-New Almelo | Norton | Lost Town | 1879-1901 1902-1905 1917-1996 |
New Almelo, Kansas, is a small, unincorporated community in Southwest Norton County. It is also an “extinct town ” because it no longer has a post office. This area was first homesteaded along the Solomon River in 1873 by Catholics from Canada. St. Joseph Catholic Church, at 28035 Saint John Street, still has an active parish, and its old school still stands. |
| New Eureka | Jackson | Lost Town | 1858-1877 | |
| New Excelsior | Butler | Lost Town | 1875-1880 | A post office in Glencoe Township, New Excelsior, was settled in 1870. By 1878, it had exported cattle and hogs, and mail was delivered semi-weekly to Myron H. Taylor, the postmaster. The community had a blacksmith. It was 20 miles southeast of El Dorado, the county seat, and three from the east county line. |
| New Falls | Washington | Lost Town | ||
| New Gottland | McPherson | Lost Town | 1872-1883 | |
| New Grant | Clay | Lost Town | 1872 | The post office was only open for about seven months. |
| 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 | 1873-1880 | A country post office in Rose Creek Township, Republic County, was 11 miles north of Belleville, the county seat. In 1878, its mail was delivered semi-weekly to postmaster Charles Northrop. |
| 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 | 1875-1888 | The post office moved from Prairie Plain. 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 | A hamlet settled on Turkey Creek in the southern part of Dickinson County, 15 miles from Abilene, the county seat and nearest railroad station. In 1878, it had a flour mill, a Methodist Episcopal Church, and a common school. It principally shipped grain. It was on the stagecoach line to Abilene and Marion, from which its mail was delivered semi-weekly to S.M. Root, the postmaster. |
| 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 | 1870-1871 | The post office was only open for about eight months. |
| 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 | 1885-1888 | The post office moved to Cunningham after it closed. |
| 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 Bend | Finney | Lost Town | 1889-1890 | |
| North Branch | Jewell | Extinct Town | 1878-1959 | North Branch was a Quaker settlement in Walnut Township, in the northwestern part of Jewell County. This old town still boasts several homes, the active Friends Church, a cemetery, and a few other buildings. |
| 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 | 1870-1872 | |
| 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. |
| 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 | 1870-2008 | Norway, Kansas, is a ghost town on the Republican River in Norway Township of southwest Republic County. It is also an extinct town as it no longer has a post office. However, it is a census-designated place; as of the 2020 census, the population was 17. |
| Norwich | Kingman | Current Town | 1878-2011 | The 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 |