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| Place Name | County | Place Type | Post Office Dates | More Information |
| McAllaster | Logan | Lost Town | 1887-1897 1903 1906-1953 |
Located on the Union Pacific Railroad, McAllaster was about 15 miles northwest of Russell Springs. |
| McCamish | Johnson | Lost Town | Post office on the Santa Fe Trail. | |
| McClains | Sedgwick | Lost Town | ||
| McGee’s | Osage | Lost Place | On 110 Creek, Santa Fe Trail. | |
| McHale | Rooks | Lost Town | ||
| McKinney | Douglas | Lost Town | ||
| McPherson | McPherson | Current County | NA | Created from unorganized area in 1867. McPherson is the county seat. |
| Mace | Russell | Lost Town | ||
| Mackie, Mackie Camp, 42 Camp | Cherokee | Lost Town | NA | Coal mining camp. |
| Macon | Wallace | Name Change | Name changed to Dinas | |
| Macyville | Cloud | Lost Town | ||
| Madison | Geary | Name Change | At the junction of Madison creek and Republican River at or near Bachelder, now Milford. | |
| Madura | Clay | Lost Town | Two miles south of Wakefield. | |
| Magic | Riley | Lost Town | ||
| Magda | Lyon | Lost Town | 1890-1904 | An hamlet located nine miles south of Plymouth. It was on the Atchison,Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad. |
| Magnolia | Allen | Lost Town | See Sheron. | |
| Magnolia | Atchison | Lost Town | ||
| Magnolia | Bourbon | Lost Town | ||
| Magnolia | Sedgwick | Lost Place | ||
| Mairestown or Mairsville | Shawnee | Lost Town | Located by Thomas W. Mairs, in 1855. | |
| Mall Creek | Clay | Lost Town | ||
| Malta | Cloud | Lost Town | ||
| Malvern | Osage | Lost Town | ||
| Mandova or Mandovi | Anderson | Lost Town | Laid out in 1858, abandoned in 1860; consisted of three log cabins but had the finest lithographed map of any town in Kansas. | |
| Manila | Ford | Lost Town | 1898-1899 | |
| Mann’s Fort, 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. |
| Mansan | Allen | Lost Town | ||
| Mansfield | Linn | Lost Town | 1866-1875 | Mansfield got its start in the early 1860s. |
| Mansion, Munsion | Morris | Lost Town | ||
| Mantey | Linn | Extinct Town | 1894-1903 1904-1905 |
Mantey still sports an old business building and the 1882 Oxford No. 99 school. |
| Manville | Brown | Lost Town | ||
| Maple Grove | Pottawatomie | Lost Town | ||
| Marak | Brown | Lost Place | Named for the first postmaster, Franz Marak. | |
| Marble Falls | Marshall | Lost Town | Chartered 1858. | |
| Marburg | Leavenworth | Lost Town | Eight miles west of Kickapoo. | |
| Mareno | Hodgeman | Lost Town | ||
| Marengo | Sumner | Lost Town | ||
| Margaret | Lincoln | Lost Town | ||
| Margaretta | Chase | Lost Place | Incorporated 1860. | |
| Maria | Leavenworth | Lost Town | 1873-1890 | |
| Marietta | Reno | Lost Town | ||
| Marietta | Saline | Lost Town | ||
| Marion/Globe | Douglas | Lost Town | 1870-1894 | Located on the Santa Fe Trail. Name change to Globe on August 24, 1881. |
| Marion County | Marion | Current County | NA | Created in 1860 from unorganized area. Marion is the county seat. |
| Mariposa | Saline | Lost Town | The first town in Saline County. Founded by Plumb, Hunter, and Pierce Counties in 1856, on the south side of the Saline River, near its mouth. | |
| Markleys Mill | Ottawa | Lost Town | ||
| Marmaton | Bourbon | Lost Town | Incorporated February 6, 1858; abandoned. | |
| Marmiton | Bourbon | Lost Place | Incorporated February 11, 1858; three miles west of Marmaton, which it soon absorbed. Townsite moved in 1882 three-quarters of a mile south. It is now Marmaton. | |
| Marsh Valley | Jewell | Lost Town | ||
| Marshall | Douglas | Lost Town | Incorporated by several men on the California Trail south of Lecompton. | |
| Marshall County | Marysville | Current Cunty | NA | One of the original 36 counties it was created in 1855. |
| Marshall’s Ferry | Marshall | Lost Place | NA | Established in 1852 on the Big Blue River at Marysville. Francis J. “Frank” Marshall, Propietor. Tradition says that Marshall also operated a ferry at Independence Crossing during the summers of 1849-51, returning to Missouri during the winter. |
| Marshall | Saline | Lost Town | ||
| Marshall | Sedgwick | Lost Town | ||
| Martin | Ellis | Lost Town | 1875-1894 | Located in North Central Ellis County on the Saline River. |
| Martindale | Coffey | Lost Town | ||
| Martinsburg | Atchison | Lost Town | ||
| Martinsburg | Johnson | Lost Town | ||
| Marvin | Phillips | Lost Town | ||
| Mary | Chase | Lost Town | See Bazaar. | |
| Marysville | Miami | Lost Town | See St. Marysville. | |
| Masmer | Ellsworth | Lost Place | 1882-1895 | |
| Mason | Gray | Lost Town | ||
| Massasoit | Shawnee | Lost Town | On Mission creek, near Dover. | |
| Matanzas | Chautauqua | Lost Town | ||
| Matteson | Phillips | Lost Town | ||
| Maud | Kingman | Lost Town | ||
| Maxwell Spring | Nemaha | Lost Place | NA | An emigrant campsite on Fort Leavenworth-Fort Laramie Military Road east of Seneca. William L. Maxwell purchased this land in about 1890. |
| May | Atchison | Lost Town | ||
| May Day Spring | Riley | Lost Place | Emigrant campsite on Mormon Trail at the crossing of Fancy Creek | |
| Mayline | Hamilton | Name Change | Name changed to Carlisle. | |
| Maynard | Doniphan | Lost Town | Now Troy Junction. | |
| Mayton | Washington | Lost Town | ||
| Meade County | Meade | Current County | Formed from Finney, Ford, and Seward Counties in 1885. | |
| Meade’s Ranch | Butler | Lost Town | Now Towanda. | |
| Meade’s Trading Post | Sedgwick | Lost Town | Site of Wichita. | |
| Meadow Brook | Johnson | Lost Town | 1875-1881 1882-1885 1887-1896 |
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| Media | Douglas | Lost Town | ||
| Medina-Perryville | Jefferson | Lost Town | 1866-1901 | A settlement called Perryville began here in 1865 when the Union Pacific Railroad came through the county. |
| Melior | Barber | Lost Town | ||
| Mellville | Ottawa | Lost Town | ||
| Melon Springs | Clay | Lost Town | ||
| Melrose | Cherokee | Lost Town | 1877-1905 | Located about 15 miles southwest of Columbus and seven miles from Faulkner. |
| Memphis | Bourbon | Lost Town | ||
| Menda | Lyon | Lost Town | 1900-1901 | A small hamlet seven miles from Hartford, the nearest railroad station. |
| Mendota | Decatur | Lost Town | ||
| Mendota/Halton | Ellis | Lost Town | 1878-1909 | Mendota was a small town about 20 miles northwest of Hays on the Saline River. |
| Mendota | Labette | Lost Town | Now Parsons. | |
| Mendota | Neosho | Lost Town | ||
| Meredith | Cloud | Lost Town | ||
| Meridian | Sumner | Lost Town | ||
| Merrimac | Marshall | Lost Town | Located May 30, 1858; plat filed July 9, 1858; vacated 1864. | |
| Mertilla | Meade | Lost Town | Vacated 1893. | |
| Messer, Brownsville | Cherokee | Lost Town | 1874-1906 | Located on the St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad, five miles north of Galena. |
| Metz | Chautauqua | Lost Town | ||
| Miami | Lyon | Lost Town | ||
| Miami County | Miami | Current County | NA | One of the original 36 counties it was created in 1855. It was first called Lykins County. Paola is the county seat. |
| Miami Junction | Linn | Lost Town | ||
| Miami Village | Miami | Lost Town | Post office 1850. One mile north of New Lancaster. | |
| Middle Branch | Hodgeman | Lost Town | ||
| Middle Creek | Chase | Name Change | Now Elmdale. | |
| Middletown, Butler’s | Jefferson | Lost Town | Established 1858. Midway between Lecompton and Leavenworth. | |
| Midlothian | Harper | Lost Town | ||
| Midson | Franklin | Lost Town | ||
| Midway/Nyack | Crawford | Lost Town | 1871-1878 1886-1912 |
A mining camp in the eastern part of the county. |
| Midway | Dickinson | Lost Town | ||
| Midway | Jewell | Lost Town | Paper town, candidate for the county seat. | |
| Midway | Johnson | Lost Town | Incorporated 1857. | |
| Midway | Miami | Lost Town | ||
| Milberger | Russell | Lost Town | ||
| Mill Creek | Bourbon | Lost Town | ||
| Millard | Barton | Lost Town | 1877-1906 | |
| Millard | Geary | Name Change | Site of present Junction City. | |
| Millbrook | Graham | Lost Town | Vacated 1895. | |
| Miller | Douglas (?) | Lost Town | Post office 1855, abolished 1856. | |
| Miller | Morris | Lost Town | 1855-1856 | Arthur Baker served as the first postmaster of Miller’s post office. He soon left and established Agnes City in Lyon County. |
| Miller’s Creek | Dickinson | Lost Town | ||
| Miller’s Grove | Woodson | Lost Town | ||
| Miller’s Springs, Millersburg | Douglas | Lost Town | On the California Trail. | |
| Millersburg | Cherokee | Lost Town | 1868-1876 | Located eight miles northwest of Columbus. |
| Millersburg | Lyon | Lost Town | ||
| Milligan | Sheridan | Lost Town | ||
| Million’s Ferry | Atchison | Lost Place | NA | Established in 1850 on the Missouri River at Atchison. |
| Millwood | Leavenworth | Lost Town | 1871-1904 | |
| Milton | Kingman | Lost Town | ||
| Milton | Marion | Lost Town | ||
| Milwaukee | Butler | Lost Town | See New Milwaukee. | |
| Milwaukee | Barton | Lost Town | ||
| Mimosa | Republic | Lost Town | ||
| Mineral | Cherokee | Lost Town | 1895-1925 | The post office originally moved from Cherry. |
| Mineral City | Cherokee | Lost Town | 1898 | The post office was only open for six weeks after the order of change was rescinded. |
| Mineral Point | Anderson | Name Change | Name changed to Amiott, 1903 | |
| Minersville | Republic | Lost Town | ||
| Minerva | Labette | Lost Town | ||
| Minety | Rooks | Lost Town | ||
| Mingona | Barber | Lost Town | Vacated 1901. | |
| Minneha | Butler | Lost Town | ||
| Minneola | Franklin | Lost Town | ||
| Mission Center | Brown | Name Change | Name changed to Willis. | |
| Mission Creek | Wabaunsee | Lost Town | ||
| Missouri City | Johnson | Lost Town | Incorporated 1857. | |
| Missouri Farm | Doniphan | Lost Town | ||
| Mitchell County | Mitchell | Current County | NA | Created in 1867 from unorganized area. Beloit is the county seat. |
| Mitchellville | Stanton | Lost Town | Vacated 1895. | |
| Modell | Norton | Lost Town | ||
| Modena | Butler | Lost Town | ||
| Modoc | Jewell | Lost Town | ||
| Mohon | Bourbon | Lost Town | ||
| Mole Hill | Dickinson | Lost Town | ||
| Mon Fort | Lost Town | Chartered 1879. | ||
| Moneka | Linn | Lost Town | 1857-1866 | Moneka got its start in February 1857. Chartered 1858. Two miles east of Mound City. |
| Money Creek | Jefferson (?) | Lost Town | ||
| Monique | Shawnee | Lost Town | Incorporated 1857 | |
| Monmouth | Crawford | Extinct Town | 1866-1955 | Located in southwest Crawford County. Still has houses and a church. |
| Monmouth | Shawnee | Lost Town | ||
| Monotony | Wallace | Lost Town | ||
| Monroe | Lincoln | Lost Town | ||
| Monrovia | Atchison | Extinct Town | 1857-1955 | Monrovia started as a stage stop on the Overland Stage Route in 1856. |
| Montana | Crawford | Lost Town | ||
| Mont Cenis | Dickinson | Lost Town | ||
| Monterey | Riley | Lost Town | ||
| Montezuma | Gray | Current Town | ||
| Montgomery | Dickinson | Lost Town | Twenty miles west of Fort Riley. | |
| Montgomery | Linn | Lost Town | ||
| Montgomery | Montgomery | Lost Town | ||
| Montgomery County | Montgomery | Current County | Formed from Wilson County in 1867. Independence is the county seat. | |
| Monticello | Johnson | Lost Town | 1858-1905 | One of the first white farmers in the Monticello area was John Owens, who made his claim along Mill Creek around 1840. |
| Montrose | Elk | Lost Town | See Cave Springs. | |
| Monument Station | Jefferson | Lost Town | ||
| Mooney | Leavenworth or Jefferson | Lost Town | ||
| Moorehead | Labette | Lost Town | ||
| Moore’s Ranch | Marion | Lost Town | On Santa Fe Trail; Post office 1861; discontinued 1870. | |
| Moore’s Summit | Leavenworth | Lost Town | ||
| Moore’s Toll Bridge | Nemaha | Lost Place. | Established 1854-55, South Fork of Nemaha River at Moorestown (future Baker’s Ford). W. W. Moore & Walter D. Beeles, Proprietors. | |
| Moorestown, Urbana | Nemaha | Lost Town | ||
| Moravian Mission | Leavenworth | Lost Town | 1839 | On the Missouri River between Delaware City and Leavenworth. |
| Morena | Clay | Name Change | Now Broughton. | |
| Morgan City | Clay | Name Change | Now Morganville. | |
| Morgan City or Morgantown | Montgomery | Lost Town | ||
| Mormie | Labette | Lost Town | ||
| Mormon Grove | Atchison | Lost Place | Mormon Grove was but one of the many outfitting stations utilized by the Mormons as they traveled westward. It was established in about 1855. | |
| Mormon Spring | Washington | Lost Place | An emigrant campsite 2.5 miles south of Washington at the Ash Creek crossing of Mormon Trail. | |
| Morris | Johnson | Lost Town | ||
| Morris County | Morris | Current County | NA | One of the original 36 counties created in 1855. First called Wise County. Council Grove is the county seat. |
| Morrison | Ford | Lost Town | 1886-1888 | |
| Morse | Johnson | Lost Town | 1878-1953 | Situated along the Santa Fe and Oregon Trails. |
| Morton | Chase | Lost Town | ||
| Morton County | Morton | Current County | NA | Formed from Seward County in 1886. Elkhart is the county seat. |
| Morton, Bero | Cherokee | Lost Town | 1871-1879 | The name changed from Bero to Morton in 1877. It was located about seven miles from Faulkner. |
| Morton City | Hodgeman | Lost Town | ||
| Mortonville | Kearny | Lost Town | Platted in 1888; named for Governor Morton of Indiana. | |
| Moscow | Cowley | Lost Town | ||
| Moseley’s Trading Post | Sedgwick | Lost Town | ||
| Mosquito Creek Crossing | Doniphan | Lost Place | NA | On St. Joseph Branch of the Oregon Trail about 2.5 miles northwest of Troy near 215th Road |
| Moss Spring Campsite | Geary | Lost Place | NA | Emigrant campsite on Mormon Trail at the head of Humboldt Creek. It was located near Lynch Road, 3 miles northwest of Alta Vista. |
| Motor | Rooks | Lost Town | ||
| Mound | Phillips | Lost Town | ||
| Mound Hill | Labette | Name Change | Now Mound Valley | |
| Mound Spring | Wilson | Lost Town | ||
| Mount Airy | Woodson | Lost Town | ||
| Mount Aubrey | Kearny | Lost Town | ||
| Mount Auburn | Johnson | Name Change | Name changed to Stillwell 1889. | |
| Mount Aurora | Leavenworth | Paper Town. | NA | A town association was Incorporated in 1855. The only thing built was a cemetery |
| Mount Ayer, Ayr, Ayre | Osborne | Lost Town | Established 1873. | |
| Mount Carmel | Crawford | Lost Town | 1871-1895 | |
| Mount Clifton | Washington | Name Change | Now Clifton. | |
| Mount Florence | Jefferson | Name Change | Post office 1857; now Meriden. | |
| Mount Gilead | Anderson | Lost Town | Now Greeley; see Pottawatomie City. | |
| Mount Hope | Douglas | Lost Town | On the California Trail five miles from Lawrence. | |
| Mount Liberty | Reno | Lost Town | ||
| Mount Nebo | Pratt | Lost Town | ||
| Mount Nebo | Miami | Lost Town | ||
| Mount Olivet | Leavenworth | Lost Town | 1877-1900 | |
| Mount Pleasant | Atchison | Name Change | 1855-1862 1864-1888 1888-1900 |
The first settler in the area was a man named Thomas L. Fortune in 1854, who opened a general store. Its post office opened and closed several times. |
| Mount Roy | Brown | Lost Town | ||
| Mount Sterling | Bourbon | Lost Town | ||
| Mount Tabor | Republic | Lost Town | ||
| Mount Union | Pottawatomie | Lost Town | ||
| Mount Vernon | Doniphan | Lost Town | Incorporated 1855. Vacated 1864. | |
| Mount Vernon | Chautauqua | Lost Town | ||
| Mount Vernon | Franklin | Lost Town | ||
| Mount Zion | Phillips | Lost Town | See Sedan. | |
| Mud Creek Crossing | Marion | Lost Place | On the Santa Fe Trail ten miles west of Lost Springs at present Tampa. | |
| Muddy Creek | Shawnee | Lost Town | ||
| Mulberry | Clay | Lost Town | ||
| Mulberry | Saline | Lost Town | ||
| Mulberry Grove | Butler | Lost Town | ||
| Mulberry Grove | Crawford | Name Change | Now Mulberry. | |
| Mule Creek | Ellsworth | Lost Town | Overland station, 16 miles east of Ellsworth. The post office moved to Crawford in Rice County in 1887. | |
| Munsion, Mansion | Morris | Lost Town | ||
| Munson | Morris | Lost Town | 1873-1875 | |
| Murdock | Butler | Lost Town | Two towns, one in the northwest and the other in the southeast corner of the county. | |
| Museum | Sherman | Lost Town | ||
| Musma | Sheridan | Lost Town | ||
| Myers Valley | Pottawatomie | Lost Town | ||
| Myra | Graham | Lost Town |