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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 |