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Place Name | County | Place Type | Post Office Dates | More Information |
Raceburgh | Rooks | Lost Town | ||
Radical/Radical City | Montgomery | Lost Town | 1870-1887 1888-1893 |
It was a country trading point founded in 1869 by Colonel Samuel Young. It was about six miles northwest of Independence. The post office moved to Ritchie. |
Radium | Stafford | Current Town | -1990 | The post office closed on April 28, 1990. |
Raemer Creek | Marshall | Lost Town | 1873-1874 | It was named for the Raemer Brothers, early permanent settlers. It was located at or near Herkimer. |
Rago | Kingman | Extinct Town | 1883-1999 | The Rago Trading Post was established in early 1883, two miles east and four miles south of the present town site. The post office closed on September 30, 1999. |
Ramona | Marion | Current Town | 1887-Present | |
Rancho | Elk | Lost Town | 1883-1887 | |
Randall | Brown | Lost Town | 1864 | |
Randall | Jewell | Current Town | ||
Randolph | Riley | Current Town | ||
Range | Ellsworth | Lost Town | 1883-1890 | |
Ransom | Ness | Current Town | ||
Ransomville | Franklin | Lost Town | 1881-1915 | It was a coal mining camp in the county’s southwestern part. |
Rantoul | Franklin | Current Town | 1872-Present | |
Rantoul | Lost Town | 1862-1866 | ||
Ratcliff | Hodgeman | Lost Town | 1885-1887 | |
Ravanna-Cowland-Mason | Finney | Lost Town | 1979-1922 | The name changed from Mason to Cowland on February 15, 1883. The name changed from Cowland to Ravanna on September 25, 1886. In 1910, it had a country post office and a daily stage to Garden City. It was located on the Pawnee River, 28 miles northeast of Garden City and 22 miles north of Cimarron, the nearest shipping point. |
Rawlins Center | Norton | Lost Town | ||
Rawlins County | Rawlins | Current County | NA | Created from unorganized area in 1873. Atwood is the county seat. |
Ray | Pawnee | Lost Town | 1878-1884 1889-1929 |
A small village on the Missouri Pacific Railroad, eight miles east of Larned. |
Raymond | Rice | Current Town | ||
Rayville/Osage | Bourbon | Lost Town | 1858-1861 | It was located on the Osage River, about halfway between Fort Lincoln and Mapleton. |
Reading | Lyon | Current Town | ||
Reagle | Norton | Lost Town | ||
Rebekah | Morris | Lost Town | 1872-1873 | Moved to Munson in 1873. |
Redbank | Kingman | Lost Town | 1884-1886 | |
Red Clover | Johnson | Lost Town | 1881-1887 1891-1895 |
Red Clover was located on the county line just outside Kansas City, Kansas. |
Red Creek | Barber | Lost Town | 1875-1883 | |
Red Rock | Lincoln | Lost Town | 1869-1871 | M.D. Greene established a post office on April 08, 1869, on Red Rock Creek. It was located five miles east of Lincoln and was named for the red sandstone along the creek banks. The post office moved to Rocky Hill. |
Red Rock | Reno | Lost Town | None | It didn’t have a post office, but it had an active Grange. It was two miles southwest of present-day Plevna. |
Red Stone | Cloud | Lost Town | ||
Red Vermillion/Vieux Crossing | Pottawatomie | Lost Place | On the Oregon Trail about five miles northeast of Wamego. | |
Redbud | Cowley | Lost Town | 1873-1910 | A country post office in Maple Township, 15 miles northwest of Winfield and five miles north of Udall, the nearest shipping point. The population in 1910 was ten. |
Redden | Butler | Lost Town | 1875-1885 | |
Redes | Anderson | Lost Town | 1858-1864 | |
Redes | Brown | Lost Town | ||
Redfield | Bourbon | Current Town | ||
Redmond | Leavenworth | Lost Town | ||
Redoubt | Clark | Lost Town | On Bear Creek. | |
Redoubt | Clark | Lost Town | On the Cimarron River. | |
Redpath/Plowboy | Shawnee | Lost Town | 1871-1884 | The name changed from Plowboy to Redpath on April 24, 1882. It was near Auburn. |
Red Stone | Cloud | Lost Town | 1869-1887 | Red Stone was situated on the Central Branch of the Union Pacific Railroad. |
Redwing | Barton | Extinct Town | 1892-1896 1903-1955 |
Situated on the Missouri Pacific Railroad. A few buildings left today. |
Redwood | Dickinson | Lost Town | 1879-1886 | |
Reeder | Anderson | Lost Town | 1882 | The post office was only open for about eight months. |
Reeder | Dickinson | Lost Town | Near Solomon City. | |
Reeder | Kiowa | Lost Town | Vacated 1903. | |
Reedsville/Heaslyville | Marshall | Lost Town | 1870-1902 | A post office in Center Township was named for Allen Reed, postmaster, storekeeper, and prominent settler. The name changed from Heaslyville to Reedsville in 1873. |
Reedtown | Norton | Lost Town | ||
Reesville | Clark | Lost Town | ||
Reid City | Greeley | Lost Town | Vacated 1897. | |
Reinert | Ford | Lost Town | 1908-1917 | Reinert was a country post office located 15 miles southwest of Dodge City. |
Reiter | Washington | Lost Town | ||
Remanto | Sumner | Lost Town | See Salt City. | |
Reno | Leavenworth | Lost Town | 1864-1918 | It was a station on the Lawrence branch of the Kansas Pacific Railroad. |
Reno | Scott | Lost Town | ||
Reno Center | Reno | Lost Town | ||
Reno County | Reno | Current County | NA | Created from unorganized area in 1867. Hutchinson is the county seat. |
Republic | Republic | Current Town | ||
Republic City, Republican City | Clay | Lost Town | Vacated 1877. | |
Republic County | Republic | Current County | NA | Formed from Washington County in 1868. Belleville is the county seat. |
Republican River Military Bridge | Geary | Lost Place | It was established in about 1856 on the west edge of Fort Riley near the junction of the Republican and Smoky Hill Forks of the Kansas River. Constructed by U.S. Army Engineers. This place is probably Custer Road over the Republican River at Junction City. | |
Reserve | Brown | Current Town | 1882-1983 | Reserve got its start as a station on the Missouri Pacific Railroad. It was named for its location on a former Sac & Fox Indian reservation. It is technically extinct but still has several buildings and a small population. |
Rest | Wilson | Lost Town | 1877-1955 | A station on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad, it was located on the line between Colfax and Pleasant Valley Townships, 14 miles northeast of Fredonia. |
Retreat | Hodgeman | Lost Town | 1879 | The post office was only open for about five months. |
Reubens | Jewell | Lost Town | ||
Reviere | Woodson | Name Change | Now Toronto. | |
Rex | Sumner | Lost Town | ||
Rexford | Thomas | Current Town | ||
Rhodes | Anderson | Lost Town | ||
Rhodes | Dickinson | Lost Town | 1878-1896 | |
Rialto Ferry | Leavenworth | Lost Place | Operational 1844-65 on the Missouri River between Rialto, Missouri (extinct) & Fort Leavenworth, John B. Wells, proprietor. Rialto may have been located south of Weston near Kirk Bottom Road in Platte County, Missouri. | |
Rice | Cloud | Lost Town | 1878-1980 | An extinct town today, it continues to have a small population, homes, grain silos, and an old business building. |
Rice County | Rice | Current County | NA | Created from unorganized area in 1867. Lyons is the county seat. |
Riceville | Cherokee | Lost Town | 1895 | The post office was only open for six months. Order of change rescinded. |
Rich | Anderson | Lost Town | 1872-1883 | The post office moved to Equity. |
Richards | Barber | Lost Town | 1883-1884 | |
Richards | Chase | Lost Town | None | David Richards settled here in May 1858. It was an incorporated town on the east side of the Chicago, Kansas, and Western Railroad in Diamond Creek Township. The townsite was vacated by 1889. |
Richardson, McGee’s | Osage | Lost Town | 1855-1874 | At or near 110 Station on the Santa Fe Trail. |
Richardson | Pottawatomie | Lost Town | ||
Richeyville | Greenwood | Lost Town | ||
Richfield | Morton | Current Town | ||
Richland | Miami | Name Change | Now Wellsville. | |
Richland | Shawnee | Lost Town | 1867-1969 | Richland was abandoned when the Corps of Engineers acquired area land for the Clinton Lake floodplain. |
Richland Centre | Butler | Lost Town | 1878-1881 | |
Richeyville | Greenwood | Lost Town | 1882-1883 | |
Richmond | Franklin | Current Town | ||
Richmond | Nemaha | Lost Town | Located in about 1854. It was the first town in the county and county seat until 1858. | |
Richter | Franklin | Lost Town | 1890-1907 | |
Ricka | Ford | Lost Town | 1885-1886 | |
Riddle Ferry | Jefferson | Lost Place | Operation 1856-57 on the Delaware River at Ozawkie on the Ft. Leav.-Ft. Riley Road. Jefferson Riddle, Proprietor. | |
Ridge | Linn | Lost Town | 1866-1868 | |
Ridge Farm | Doniphan | Lost Town | ||
Ridgeway | Osage | Lost Town | 1858-1900 | It is one of the historic early-day towns, but it dwindled after being missed by the railroads. |
Riley/Riley Center | Riley | Now Riley. | ||
Riley City | Geary | Lost Town | Opposite Fort Riley, established in 1854, was also called West Point and Whiskey Point. | |
Riley County | Riley | Current County | NA | One of the original 36 counties, it was created in 1855. Manhattan is the county seat. |
Rinehart/Rhinehart | Dickinson | Lost Town | 1896-1903 | The name changed from Rhinehart to Rinehart on April 15, 1902. |
Ringo | Crawford | Lost Town | 1915-1957 | Coal mining camp. |
Ripan or Ripon | Labette | Lost Town | ||
Rising Sun | Jefferson | Lost Town | 1858-1859 1863-1866 |
Incorporated 1857. Opposite Lecompton. |
Risley | Marion | Lost Town | 1873-1879 | The post office moved to Hillsboro. |
Ritchel Crossing | Franklin | Cross of Pottawatomie Creek, southwest of Lane, Kansas. | ||
Ritter | Kingman | Lost Place | 1986 | The post office was only open for about seven months. |
River View | Rice | Lost Town | ||
Riverdale | Clay | Lost Town | ||
Riverdale | Sumner | Extinct Town | 1887-1973 | Located on the Chicago and Rock Island and the Missouri Pacific Railroads, eight miles north of Wellington. |
Rivere | Woodson | Name Change | Now Toronto. | |
Riverton | Cherokee | Current Town | A small town on Route 66. | |
Riverton | Reno | Lost Town | 1875-1890 | |
Riverview | Wyandotte | Lost Town | Now part of Kansas City. | |
Roberts | Russell | Lost Town | 1896-1906 | A country hamlet 15 miles south of Russell. The population in 1910 was 25. |
Robidoux Crossing | Marshall | Lost Place | This place is most likely located on Robidoux Creek, where the St. Joseph Branch of the Oregon Trail crossed. It was near US Route 36, about 1.75 miles south of Beattie, Kansas. | |
Robidoux Ferry | Doniphan | Lost Place | Established in 1839 on the Missouri River at Robidoux Landing. Julius Robidoux, proprietor. | |
Robinson | Brown | Current Town | ||
Rochester | Anderson | Lost Town | ||
Rochester | Neosho | Lost Town | 1869-1870 1872 |
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Rochester | Shawnee | Lost Town | Founded in 1854 by J. Butler Chapman. First called Delaware City, then Whitfield, then Kansopolis, and afterward changed to Rochester. | |
Rock | Cowley | Current Town | 1870-Present | Rock, Kansas, is an unincorporated village on the Walnut River in Rock Creek Township of Cowley County. |
Rock | Sumner | It was on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad. | ||
Rock-a-By | Coffey | The post office was named Strawn. It was on the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway | ||
Rock Castle | Nemaha | Name Change | Now Seneca. | |
Rock Castle | Rush | Lost Town | None | |
Rock Creek | Lyon | Lost Town | 1870-1871 | It was on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad. |
Rock Creek/Louisville | Pottawatomie | Current Town | 1856-Present | This place got its start in 1856 and was first called Rock. The name changed to Louisville on July 19, 1867. Today, Louisville, Kansas, is a small town in south-central Pottawatomie County. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 131. |
Rock Creek, Rock Creek Crossing | Morris | Lost Town | 1870-1871 | Located along the Santa Fe Trail, it was known as a good camping and watering place, with wood for fuel. Located near Agnes City. |
Rock Creek Crossing | Pottawatomie | Lost Place | Rock Creek Crossing of Fort Leavenworth-Fort Riley Military Road at Louisville, Kansas. Robert Wilson operated a tavern and grist mill at the crossing. | |
Rock Ford, French Crossing | Doniphan | Lost Place | Near the mouth of the Wolf River. S. F. French, Proprietor. Located in Iowa Township, where SR 7 crosses the river. | |
Rock Hill | Lincoln | Lost Town | ||
Rock Island | Grant | Lost Town | Vacated 1908. | |
Rock Spring, Rock Stream | Ellsworth | Lost Town | It was on the Kansas Pacific Railroad. | |
Rockford | Bourbon | Lost Town | 1860-1902 | First settled in 1858 by Guy Hinton. |
Rockford, Rocky Ford | Pottawatomie | Lost Town | ||
Rocklow | Allen | Lost Town | 1877-1886 | Rocklow was located on the Marmaton River in the township of that name. In 1880, it was on the graded but uncompleted railroad from Fort Scott to Humboldt, its shipping point and bank location. A |
Rockton | Wabaunsee | Lost Town | ||
Rockville, Rockwell | Miami | Lost Town | ||
Rockville | Saline | Lost Town | ||
Rockwell | Cherokee | Lost Town | 1877-1879 | It was on the St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad. |
Rocky Ford | Wabaunsee | Lost Town | ||
Rocky Hill | Lincoln | Lost Town | 1871-1880 | Rocky Hill sprang up just east of the old paper town of Abram, which was the county seat for a brief time. |
Roeland Park | Johnson | Current Town | ||
Roger’s Mills | Neosho | Lost Town | 1865-1870 | The post office moved to Tioga when it closed. |
Rogersville | Doniphan | Lost Town | 1857-1859 | North of Troy on the California Trail, this town was named for Emerson Van B. Rogers, the first postmaster. |
Rogersville | Ness | Lost Town | ||
Rogersville, Rodgersville | Washington | Lost Town | ||
Roland | Leavenworth | Lost Town | 1895-1902 | |
Rolla | Morton | Current Town | On the Cimarron branch of the Santa Fe Trail | |
Roland | Rush | Lost Town | 1880-1887 | |
Rollin | Neosho | Lost Town | 1890-1901 | |
Rolling Green | Sumner | Lost Town | ||
Rolling Prairie | Lane | Lost Town | Discontinued 1882. | |
Romance | Johnson | Lost Town | 1876-1877 1878-1879 |
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Rome | Ellis | Lost Town | None | Rome, Kansas, was the first settlement formed after Ellis County was officially organized. It was just west of Hays. Buffalo Bill Cody organized it. |
Rome | Franklin | Lost Town | ||
Rome | Sumner | Lost Town | 1874-1933 | Located in Jackson Township, it was on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad, eight miles south of Wellington. |
Rooks Center | Rooks | Lost Town | ||
Rooks County | Rooks | Current County | NA | Created from unorganized area in 1867. Stockton is the county seat. |
Root | On the Howard Branch of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad. | |||
Roper/Sidell | Wilson | Lost Town | 1887-1933 | The town was started in 1886 when the Missouri Pacific Railroad was built. The name changed from Sidell to Roper on February 10, 1891. |
Rosalia | Butler | Current Town | Located east of El Dorado, a pioneer named the post office Rosalia after his wife. | |
Rosalind | Republic | Lost Town | 1878-1885 | |
Roscoe | Graham | Lost Town | Vacated 1895. | |
Rose City, Ross City | Chautauqua | Lost Town | ||
Rose Hill | Butler | Current Town | The Hall boys had one of the first general stores. | |
Rose Hill | Neosho | Lost Town | 1870-1871 | The post office moved to Galesburg when it closed. |
Rose Valley | Pratt | Lost Town | ||
Rosebank | Dickinson | Lost Town | 1879-1887 | |
Rosedale | Wyandotte | Extinct Town | 1872-1902 | Railroad promoters named it for the abundance of roses along the track. Consolidated with Kansas City in 1922 |
Rosette | Lincoln | Lost Town | 1879-1900 | |
Roseland | Cherokee | Current Town | 1902-1918 | Roseland, located on the Joplin & Pittsburg electric line, started as a mining camp. |
Rosemont | Osage | Lost Town | 1887-1913 | It was a station on the Missouri Pacific Railroad. It was located 19 miles southeast of Lyndon. |
Roseport | Doniphan | Lost Town | Incorporated 1855. Now Elwood | |
Rosevale | Clay | Lost Town | The name changed to Morena, then Springfield, then Broughton. | |
Ross | Cherokee | Lost Town | On the Howard Branch of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad. | |
Rossville | Crawford | Lost Town | ||
Rossville | Shawnee | Current Town | On the Oregon Trail and the Kansas Pacific Railroad. | |
Rosyvale | Anderson | Lost Town | 1860-1862 | |
Rosyvale | Brown | Lost Town | ||
Rotterdam | Jewell | |||
Rotterdam | Osborne | Lost Town | Established 1871 | |
Round Grove | Johnson | Lost Town | On Santa Fe trail 35 miles west of Independence, Missouri. | |
Round Grover | Washington | Lost Town | See Hopper. | |
Round Prairie | ||||
Round Springs | Mitchell | Lost Town | ||
Roundup | Barber | Lost Town | 1885-1901 | |
Rovella | Linn | Lost Town | 1858-1863 | |
Roxbury | McPherson | Current Town | ||
Roy | Sumner | Lost Town | 1879-1886 | |
Roy’s Creek Bridge | Doniphan | Lost Place | On the old White Cloud & Padonia Road, near present-day 310th St., in White Cloud, Kansas. | |
Roy’s Ferry | Doniphan | Lost Place | Established in the 1840s on the Big Nemaha River, John Baptiste Roy, proprietor. He also had a trading post on the hillside south of the ferry and was an interpreter for the Ioway Indians. | |
Royville | Lost Town | Incorporated 1860. | ||
Roxbury | McPherson | |||
Rozel | Pawnee | Current Town | ||
Rubens | ||||
Ruble | Leavenworth | Lost Town | 1886-1900 | |
Ruby | Sedgwick | Lost Town | 1879-1894 | |
Ruleton | Named for Sherman; J. E. Rule, merchant. | |||
Runnymede | Harper | Lost Town | ||
Rural | Chase | Lost Town | 1894-1902 | |
Rural | Jefferson | Name Change | Now Williamstown. | |
Rural Springs | Kingman | Lost Town | 1879-1880 | The post office moved to Terrapin. |
Rurdon | Sheridan | Lost Town | ||
Rush Center | Rush | Current Town | ||
Rush County | Rush | Current County | NA | Created from an unorganized area in 1867. La Crosse is the county seat. |
Rushville | Ford | Lost Town | None | Vacated in 1895. |
Rusk | Cowley | Lost Town | ||
Russell | Russell | Current Town | A colony of 70 settlers from Ripon, Wisconsin, established it in the early 1870s. In 1867, it was on the Kansas Pacific Railroad. | |
Russell County | Russell | Current County | NA | It was created from unorganized area in 1867. Russell is the county seat. |
Russell Springs | Logan | Ghost Town | 1887-1997 | On the Smoky Hill Trail. The post office closed on November 7, 1997. |
Rutland/Atlanta | Montgomery | Lost Town | 1870-1901 | The name changed from Atlanta to Rutland on March 17, 1874. |
Ruweda | Greenwood | Lost Town | 1888-1921 | A country post office in the northwestern part of the county, 18 miles from Eureka. |
Ryan | Rush | Lost Town | 1878-1908 | In Banner Township, 15 miles southeast of La Crosse and seven miles south of Timken. |
Ryan’s | Atchison | Lost Town | ||
Ryan’s Station | Doniphan | Lost Place | None | A flag station on the St. Joseph and Western Railway. It was located one mile east of Severance. |
Ryansville | Ford | Lost Town | Vacated 1895. | |
Rydal | Republic | Extinct Town | 1896-1953 | It was a small village in Belleville Township on the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad. In 1910, it had a telegraph, telephone office, post office and express facilities, a grain and coal establishment, and a nursery. The population in 1910 was 31. It was five miles west of Belleville. |
Ryus | Grant | Extinct Town | Only a few buildings and silos remain. |