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Place Name	County	Place Type	Post Office Dates	More Information
Wabaunsee	Wabaunsee	Extinct Town	1855-1944
Wabaunsee & Webster City Ferry	Wabaunsee	Lost Place		Operated 1858-66 on the Kansas River; Wabaunsee Town Company, Proprietor.
Wabaunsee County	Wabaunsee	Current County	NA	One of the original 36 counties, it was established in 1855. It was first called Richardson County. Alma is the county seat.
Waca	Sedgwick	Lost Town
Waco/Cowskin	Sedgwick	Lost Town	1870-1905	Indian village. The name changed from Cowskin to Waco on February 25, 1873.
Waconda	Mitchell	Lost Town		Platted by James W. Terry before March 1871; abandoned in 1873. Later it became Waconda Springs.
Waconda Lake	Mitchell	Current Lake		On the former site of Waconda Springs. Waconda Lake at Glen Elder State Park.
Waconda Springs	Mitchell	Lost Place		Today it is Waconda Lake at Glen Elder State Park.
Wade, Wade’s Branch	Miami	Lost Town
Wadsworth	Leavenworth	Lost Town	1886-1971
Wadsworth Mound	Anderson	Place		Ten miles from Garnett, Wadsworth Mound was used as a lookout by the Indians and later by John Brown, the famed abolitionist.
Wadson, Woodson	Marshall or Nemaha	Lost Town
Wagner	Shawnee	Lost Town	1880	The post office was only open for four months.
Wagnersville	Phillips	Lost Town
Wagon Bed Springs	Grant	Historic Site	None	On the Santa Fe Trail.
Wagonda	Osborne			On the south fork of the Solomon River.
Wagstaff	Miami			Named for W. R. Wagstaff, a pioneer.
Wah Wah	Butler	Lost Town	1870-1871	The post office was only open for about eight months.
Wah Wah Suk	Shawnee	Lost Town	1870-1871	Sixteen miles west of Topeka. The post office was only open for ten months.
Wakansa	Douglas	Lost Town	None
Wakarusa	Douglas	Lost Town	1857-1866	Incorporated into Lawrence. On the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad.
Wakarusa River Crossing				On the Oregon Trail.
WaKeeney	Trego	Current Town		On the Kansas Pacific Railroad.
Wakefield	Clay	Current Town		English settlement.
Wakefield	Douglas	Lost Town	None
Wakeman	McPherson	Lost Town	1894-1899
Wakeman	Norton	Lost Town	1879-1887	Wakeman was a country post office 20 miles southwest of Norton, the county seat and nearest bank location, and seven miles northwest of Lenora, its nearest shipping point. Its mail was delivered tri-weekly mail from Lenora. In 1885, it had  a Congregational Church, a public school, and a population of 75
Waldeck/Cottonwood Holes	Marion	Lost Town	None	First situated along the Santa Fe Trail. On the Chicago and Rock Island Railroad in 1887.
Waldo	Russell	Current Town
Waldron	Harper	Current Town	1902-2005	Named for Howard D. Waldron, the postmaster. The post office closed on January 29, 2005.
Walker/Mount Gilead	Anderson	Name Change	1857-1866	The name changed to Mount Gilead; now Greeley.
Walker	Elk	Lost Town		Named for J. E. Walker, a pioneer.
Walker	Ellis	Current Town	-2004	Named after a pioneer. It was on the Kansas Pacific Railroad. The post office closed on June 26, 2004.
Walker Army Airfield	Ellis	Abandoned Place	None	Walker Army Airfield is an abandoned airfield in Ellis County, Kansas. Also known as the Victoria-Pratt Airfield or Walker-Hays Airfield, it was initially established as a satellite airfield with operations for the Smoky Hill Army Airfield in Salina, Kansas, on November 13, 1942.
Walker City	Douglas	Lost Town	None
Walkerton	Bourbon	Lost Town	1883-1910	It was named for John S. Walker, a merchant, and postmaster. It was on the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway about seven miles southwest of Fort Scott.
Wall Street	Linn	Lost Town	1872-1902	Located about eight miles northwest of Mound City.
Wallace	Wallace	Current County	NA	Created from unorganized area in 1868. Sharon Springs is the county seat.
Wallace	Wallace	Current Town	-2011	Founded in 1865. It was on the Kansas Pacific Railroad. The post office closed on March 5, 2011.
Wallula	Wyandotte	Lost Town	1889-1918 1925-1942	A small village in the northwestern portion of the county. It was located on the Missouri Pacific Railroad, 17 miles northwest of Kansas City.
Walnut/Fort Atkinson	Barton	Lost Town	1853-1857	Walnut’s post office was established on August 22, 1853, at Walnut Creek Crossing on the Santa Fe Trail. In August 1855, the name was changed to Fort Atkinson. The post office closed on November 20, 1857.
Walnut	Butler	Lost Town	1870-1876	It was on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad.
Walnut/Walnut Station	Crawford	Current Town		In 1877, Walnut Station shortened its name to Walnut. It was located in Walnut Grove Township, 6.5 miles east of Erie, on the Missouri, Kansas, and Texas Railway.
Walnut City	Cowley	Name Change		See Creswell and Delphi, former names of Arkansas City.
Walnut City	Rush	Lost Town
Walnut Creek	Butler	Lost Town
Walnut Creek	Saline	Lost Town
Walnut Creek Bridge	Jackson	Lost Place		Established 1860. This bridge was actually over the Delaware River.
Walnut Creek Crossing	Barton	Lost Place		Walnut Creek Crossing was a  Santa Fe Trail stop along the Arkansas River about two miles east of Great Bend. When the creek flooded, wagon trains waited on its banks for days to cross.
Walnut Creek Crossing	Rush	Lost Place		Established in 1867 on the Fort Hays-Fort Dodge Military Road. Alexander Harvey was the proprietor of a road ranch in 1872, near Alexander.
Walnut Grove	Doniphan	Lost Town	1856-1862	Grandison Wilson, postmaster. The post office moved to Bayne’s Bridge, discontinued in 1870. The exact location is uncertain, but probably a short distance northwest of Bayne’s Bridge.
Walnut Grove	Linn	Lost Town	1873-1875
Walnut Grove	Mitchell	Lost Town
Walnut Hill	Bourbon	Lost Town	1863-1875	It was six miles northeast of Uniontown. N.A. Riber was the first postmaster.
Walsburg	Riley	Lost Town	1891-1935
Walton	Harvey	Current Town.		Named for James Walton, merchant. It was on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad.
Walton	Osage	Lost Town	1858-1864
Wamego	Pottawatomie	Current Town.		On the Oregon Trail and the Smoky Hill Trail. A division of the Kansas Pacific Railroad moved here in April 1870.
Wanamaker	Shawnee	Lost Town	1889-1903	A hamlet five miles west of Topeka, it had a population of 17 in 1910. Part of Topeka today.
Wannersburg	Allen	Lost Town	1880-1891	Also spelled Wannersburgh.
Wano	Cheyenne	Lost Town		Vacated 1893.
Wano	Decatur	Lost Town
Wanshara, Waushara	Lyon	Lost Town
Wanzoppea	Miami	Lost Town		The Town company was incorporated in 1857.
Waponsa, Waubonsa and Waupausa	Wabaunsee	Name Change		Now Wabaunsee.
Ward	Wilson	Lost Town	1872-1901	It was located near the east line of the county in Pleasant Valley Township, about 18 miles northeast of Fredonia, the county seat, and 3 or 4 miles south of Vilas.
Waring		Lost Town	1888-1898
Warren	Cloud	Lost Town	1871-1886
Warrendale	Grant	Lost Town	1891-1901 1907-1916	A country post office located 15 miles northeast of Ulysses.
Warrenton	Bourbon	Lost Town
Warwick-Talmage	Republic	Lost Town	1880-1882 1884-1919	The post office moved from Wilber. First called Talmage, the name changed to Warwick on April 13, 1882. The post office closed just about six months later. The post office reopened on March 3, 1884. It was located on the Missouri Pacific Railroad in the extreme northwestern corner of the county. In 1910, it had a post office, telegraph, and express offices and was a trading center for the neighborhood. At that time, it had 110 inhabitants. It was 20 miles northwest of Belleville.
Wasea, Wasceca, Waseca	Johnson	Lost Town
Washburn	Bourbon	Lost Town	1883-1885	It was five miles northeast of Fulton. The first postmaster was L.B. Washburn, and the post office was located in his home.
Washburne	Wichita	Lost Town		Vacated 1897.
Washington	Douglas	Lost Town	None	Incorporated by the Bogus Legislature in 1855. Near Big Springs on the California Trail.
Washington	Osage	Lost Town		Santa Fe Trail crossing of 110 Creek.
Washington	Shawnee	Lost Town		Founded by Captain E. Allen in 1855.
Washington	Washington	Current Town
Washington County	Washington	Current County	NA	Created from unorganized area in 1857. The county seat is Washington.
Washington Creek	Douglas	Lost Town	1873-1882
Watchorn	Marion	Lost Town	None	Watchorn was a former oil boom community during the 1910s and 1920s. It is located at the corner of Timber Rd and 60th St.
Waterford	Grant	Lost Town	None	An Irish settlement established in 1886, it is located in southeast Grant County, on the border with Stevens County, near the Cimarron River.
Waterloo/Stanford	Kingman	Lost Town	1878-1912	Waterloo began as a way station where two trails met. A small village began developing in 1879, and a plat was filed on July 7. The post office was named Stanford since its establishment on March 5, 1878, and was changed to Waterloo in 1881. Waterloo never became a railroad town, as had been hoped, because the railroad went through Murdock about five miles south.
Waterloo	Lyon	Lost Town	1858-1874	Waterloo was the first county seat in Lyon County.
Watertown	Anderson	Lost Town
Watertown	Smith	Lost Town		Located 1884.
Waterville	Marshall	Current Town
Waterville	Riley	Name Change		Now Randolph.
Wathena	Doniphan	Current Town
Wathena & Elwood Ferry Road	Doniphan	Lost Place	NA	Cleared by Daniel Vanderslice in April 1854.
Watson	Shawnee	Lost Town	1883-1899
Waushara	Lyon	Lost Place	1858-1862 1863-1895	Located on the Santa Fe Trail, five miles west of the Lyon/Osage County line.
Waverly	Coffey	Current Town
Wepeahu	??	Paper Town	None	The Town company was incorporated in 1857. Appears to have been a “paper town.”
Waupego	Chase	Lost Town	None	Located near the mouth of Diamond Springs Creek, four or five miles west of Cottonwood Falls. The townsite was incorporated in 1858.
Waushara, Wanshara		Lost Town
Waveland	Shawnee	Lost Town	1862-1900
Way	Geary	Lost Town		Discontinued in 1882.
Way Side	Rice	Lost Town		Discontinued 1882.
Wayside	Montgomery	Lost Town	1887-1984	It was a station on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad in Caney Township, 11 miles southwest of Independence. In 1910, it had an express office, a money order post office with one rural route, and a population of 40. Its old post office is at the Little House on the Prairie Museum southwest of Independence.
Wayne	Republic	Extinct Town	1884-1971	A village in Grant Township, it was a station on the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad. It was laid out in 1884, immediately after the railroad was built through the southeastern part of the county. The site was located on the homestead of Isaac Walton, and the first building was a general store erected by William Hill in August 1884. In 1910, it had a money order post office with one rural route, telegraph and express offices, churches, schools, a weekly newspaper, and banking facilities. All the leading professions and lines of business activity are represented. The population at that time was 200. It is 11 miles southeast of Belleville. There are still several homes and a few grain elevators.
Waynesburg	Greenwood	Lost Town
Wea Baptist Mission	Miami	Lost Town		One mile east of Paola.
Wealthy City	Allen	Lost Town
Weaver	Douglas	Lost Town	1891-1903	A hamlet located in the extreme northeastern portion of the county on the south bank of the Kansas River, about three miles northeast of Eudora.
Weaver	Osage	Lost Town	1882-1887	The post office moved to Rosemont.
Webb	Barton	Lost Town	1880-1889
Webber	Jewell	Current Town
Webster City	Butler	Lost Town		Established 1873.
Webster City	Pottawatomie	Lost Town
Wegram/Hope	Dickinson	Name Change		The name changed to Hope.
Weir	Cherokee	Current Town
Weirs	Johnson	Lost Town
Welcome	Cloud	1884-1885
Welda	Anderson	Current Town
Wellington	Sumner	Current Town		County seat.
Wells	Marshall	Lost Town	1878-1884	Named for John D. Wells, the earliest permanent settler in the county.
Wells	Ottawa		-1996	The post office closed on November 23, 1996.
Wellsville	Franklin	Current Town
Wendell	Butler	Lost Town	1901-1904
Wendell	Edwards	Lost Town		Vacated 1895.
Weskan	Wallace	Current Town	1887-Present
Wesley	Dickinson	Lost Town	1887-1895
West Asher	Mitchell	Lost Town
West Cedar	Phillips	Lost Town
West Creek	Republic	Lost Town	1871-1886	A settlement formed in 1870 on the stream from which it takes its name in the southern part of Republic County. It was nine miles from Belleville, the same distance from Concordia, its nearest shipping point, and to which a stage ran daily, carrying the mail.
West Haven	Stanton	Lost Town		Vacated 1895.
West Humboldt	Woodson	Lost Town
West Line	Miami	Lost Town
West Mineral	Cherokee	Current Town
West Paradise	Osborne	Lost Town
West Point, Whiskey Point, Riley City	Geary	Lost Town
West Point	Rush	Lost Town	1878-1894
West Union	Norton	Lost Town	1874-1880	West Union was on the north fork of the Solomon River in Solomon Township, the southeastern portion of Norton County. A post office was established on June 24, 1874, with Alfred J. Coleman as postmaster. When it closed, the post office moved to Densmore. It was about 50 miles in a direct line from Hays City, the most convenient railroad point.
West Union	Washington	Lost Town
West Union Landing	Doniphan	Lost Place		Established in 1846 at the head of Nodaway Island 31 miles above St. Joseph on the Missouri River at the mouth of Nodaway River.
West Wichita	Sedgwick	Lost Town
Western Park	Elk	Lost Town	1871-1905	An inland hamlet it was located in Union Center Township about 11 miles northwest of Howard,  the nearest railroad station and the usual shipping and banking point, from which it received its mail after the post office closed. In 1910, it had a population of 34.
Westella	Marshall	Lost Town	1883-1886	It was located seven miles north of Beattie.
Western Vistas Historic Byway	Logan, Scott, and Wallace	Scenic Byway	NA	In Northwest Kansas, travelers can experience the” badlands” of Kansas and wide-open scenic views on the Western Vistas Historic Byway.
Westfall	Lincoln	Extinct Town	1917-1971	Though there are no active businesses, there are several homes, some old business buildings, and a small population.
Westfield	Decatur	Lost Town
Westfield	McPherson	Lost Town	1874-1888
Westfield, Muncie	Wyandotte	Lost Town
Westhope	Jewell	Lost Town	1873-1879	After its post office closed, Scottsville was the nearest office.
Westminster	Reno	Lost Town	1873-1881
Westmoreland	Pottawatomie			County seat.
Westola	Morton	Lost Town		Vacated 1895.
Weston	Norton	Name Change		The name changed to Leota in 1876.
Westopolis	Geary	Lost Town		Chartered 1858.
Westphalia	Anderson	Current Town
Westralia	Montgomery	Lost Town	1869-1870	It was established by Captain J. C. Crawford and Eli Dennis and named for the west trail upon which it was located. Early on, it outrivaled nearby Claymore and grew rapidly. It soon had several hundred people and became a prosperous business point.
Westwood	Johnson	Current Town
Westwood Hills	Johnson	Current Town
Wetmore	Nemaha	Current Town
Wewoka	Kiowa	Lost Town		The Town company was incorporated in 1857.
Wheatland	Douglas	Lost Town	1856
Wheatland/Bachelor	McPherson	Lost Town	1874-1896	The name changed from Bachelor to Wheatland on January 24, 1876.
Wheatland	Nemaha	Paper Town		A paper town located at the geographical center of the county.
Wheaton-Leghorn	Pottawatomie	Extinct Town	1870-1992	First called Leghorn, the town’s name changed to Wheaton in October 1883. It is a very small town with many homes and several old business buildings.
Wheeler	Cheyenne	Ghost Town	1888-1988	The post office closed on February 1, 1988.
Whiskey Point, West Point, Riley City	Geary	Lost Town
White Church	Wyandotte	Lost Town	1869-1907	This place began as a mission for the Delaware Indians. It is part of Kansas City, Kansas today.
White City	Morris	Current Town
White Cloud	Dickinson	Lost Town
White Cloud	Doniphan	Semi-Ghost Town
White Cloud Steam Ferry	Doniphan	Lost Place		On the Missouri River. Taylor & Moore, 1855- 62; O. Bailey, 1862-67; Bailey & Noyes, 1868-70; John H. Lynds, 1871-1912.
White Hair’s Village	Labette	Name Change		The name changed to Little Town in 1865. Five miles south of Oswego.
White Mound	Jewell	Lost Town	1871-1879	White Mound, in White Mound Township, was named after a single large outcropping of white rock on the prairie. Thomas Comstock from Iowa, one of the first settlers, took a claim above Burr Oak on White Rock Creek in 1870.
White Post	Montgomery	Lost Town	1872-1874
White Rock	Republic	Lost Town	1870-1900	White Rock was a small village in Republic County, Kansas. In its early days, it showed much promise, but the town is gone today.
White Rock	Trego	Lost Town
White Rose	Cloud	Lost Town
White’s Quarry	Marshall	Lost Town	None	White’s Quarry was located on a branch of Spring Creek. It was a stone quarry used by the railroad in the early 1870s but never had more than a few tents and a shack. It was located southwest of Home City.
White Rock	Republic	Lost Town	1870-1900	White Rock was a small village in Republic County, Kansas. In its early days, it showed much promise, but the town is gone today.
Whitehall	Cherokee	Lost Town	1883-1887
Whitehead/Bellemont	Doniphan	Lost Town	1855-1866	Trading post in 1852. Incorporated by the Bogus Legislature in 1855. Named for trader James R. Whitehead, it changed to Bellemont in 1859 but later ceased to exist. The town was about two miles from Wathena.
Whitehead’s Ferry	Doniphan	Lost Place		Established in 1853 on the Missouri River at Whitehead, James R. Whitehead, proprietor.
Whitelaw	Greeley	Lost Town	1888-1890	Whitelaw was named after Whitelaw Reid, an editor at the New York Tribune and a close friend to Horace Greeley. Early on, the town had a grain elevator and a few houses.
Whiting	Jackson	Current Town
Whitewater	Butler	Name Change		Located in 1858. The name changed to Ovo in 1882, now Whitewater.
Whitfield	Graham	Lost Town		Formerly Graham.
Whitfield	Shawnee	Lost Town	1855-1856 1892-1899
Whitman	Ford	Lost Town	1885-1889
Whitman	Sumner	Lost Town	1890-1907	It was three and a half miles north and one mile west of Oxford at 1600 E. 50th Ave North.
Whitson/Hatfield	Finney	Lost Town	1886-1892	The name changed from Whitson to Hatfield.Hatfield on August 20, 1887.
Wichita	Sedgwick	Current Town		County seat.
Wichita County	Wichita	Current County	NA	Created from unorganized area in 1873. Leoti is the county seat.
Wichita Heights	Sedgwick	Lost Town	1888-1900
Wichita Indian Camp	Sedgwick	Lost Town		On the site of Wichita.
Wiggam	Lyon	Lost Town	None	A station on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad five miles east of Emporia.
Wilber	Republic	Lost Town	1873-1880	Wilber was located on the Republican River in the northwestern part of Republic County. In 1878, it had a population of 30. It was 20 miles from Belleville, the county seat, and 30 from Belvidere, Nebraska, on the St. Joseph & Denver City Railroad, the nearest shipping point, from which hogs, wheat, and corn were exported. When the post office closed, it moved to Talmage.
Wilburn	Ford	Lost Town	1885-1911	Wilburn was a country post office located 25 miles south of Dodge City.
Wilcox, Wilcox Roost	Trego	Lost Town	1879-1896	Wilcox was a small rural settlement located between WaKeeney and Ness City. Today, the only reminder of this small community is the historic Wilcox School.
Wild Cat	Riley	Lost Town
Wildcat Creek Crossing	Riley	Lost Place		On the Fort Leavenworth-Fort Riley Military Road. The 1853 road crossed Wildcat Creek on a rock-bottom ford about two miles northwest of Manhattan.
Wild Horse	Graham	Lost Town		1879
Wild Horse Corral	Greeley	Historic Site	NA	In the early days, wild horses were grazing on the prairie and were often driven into and captured in this native stone cave, which is located in northwest Greeley County.
Wild Range	Ottawa	Lost Town
Wild Rover/Garley/Garly	Cloud	Lost Town	1876-1881	The post office moved from Garly to Wild Rover on February 2, 1876. The name changed from Wild Rover to Garley on August 4, 1876. The post office closed on January 15, 1881.
Wilda	Anderson	Name Change		Now Welda.
Wilder	Johnson	Lost Town	1878-1952	The town was located along Wilder Road in the western portion of Shawnee.
Wildwood	Rice	Lost Town
Wilkie	Crawford	Lost Town	1885-1886
Willard	Shawnee	Current Town	1887-1959	The post office was moved from Post Creek. As of the 2020 census, this is still a small community with a population of 74.
Williamsburg	Franklin	Current Town
Williamsport	Pratt	Vacated 1901.
Williamsport, Port Williams	Atchison	Lost Town		Above Kickapoo.
Williamsport	Shawnee	Lost Town	1858-1860 1863-1870	Founded by citizens of Williamsport, Pennsylvania. The post office moved to Wakarusa.
Williamsville	Jefferson	Name Change		Now Williamstown.
Willis	Brown	Ghost Town	1882-1960	A ghost town in Mission Township of Brown County. Though it showed much promise in its early days, it is a shell of its former self today.
Willow Creek	Wallace	Lost Town
Willow Springs	Douglas	Lost Town	1855-1900	A campsite on the Santa Fe Trail, it was a well-known watering stop. A post office called Davis was established in 1855; the name changed to Willow Springs in 1861.
Willow Springs	Franklin	Lost Town
Willow Springs	Mitchell	Name Change		Now Beloit.
Willow Valley	Greenwood	Lost Town	1871-1887
Willowbrook	Reno	Current Town
Willowdale	Dickinson	Lost Town	1873 1875-1877
Willowdale	Kingman	Lost Town	1901-1938
Wilmore	Comanche	Current Town
Wilroads	Ford	Lost Town	1909-1922
Wilsey	Morris	Current Town	-1997	The post office closed on September 27, 1997.
Wilson/Wilson Creek	Ellsworth	Current Town		The name changed from Wilson Creek to Wilson.
Wilson County	Wilson	Current County		One of the original 36 counties, it was created in 1855. The county seat is Fredonia.
Wilson Creek	Wilson	Lost Town	1879-1880
Wilson’s	Pottawatomie	Name Change		Now Louisville.
Wilson’s Springs	Douglas	Lost Town	None	Probably Willow Springs.
Wilson’s Trading Post/Salt Creek	Leavenworth	Lost Town	1863-1864	The post office was called Salt Creek.
Wilsonton	Labette	Lost Town	1887-1914	Located on the Parsons & Pacific Railway line, Wilsonton was in Labette Township. It was surveyed in August 1887, and Samuel Jameston started the first store in the spring of 1888.
Bronson/Wilsonville	Bourbon	Name Change	1875-Present	The name changed from Wilsonville to Bronson for Ira Bronson, a Fort Scott Attorney. It was on the Missouri Pacific Railroad.
Wilsonville	Cherokee	Lost Town	1884-1885
Wilton	Greenwood	Lost Town
Wilton	Phillips	Lost Town
Winchester	Jefferson	Current Town
Windhorst	Ford	Lost Town	1898-1905	A German Catholic group settled in Windhorst in 1895.
Windom	McPherson	Current Town
Winfield	Cowley	Current Town	1870-Present	Cowley County seat.
Wingate	Butler	Lost Town	1886-1889	The post office moved from Tolle. It was in Union Township.
Winifred	Gove	Lost Town	1904-1907
Winifred	Marshall	Extinct Town	??-1986	The post office closed on January 1, 1986.
Winkler/Winkler’s Mills	Riley	Lost Town	1874-1895 1895-1960	The name changed from Winkler’s Mills to Winkler in 1895. It is under Tuttle  Creek Reservoir today.
Winnesheik	McPherson	Lost Town	1874-1902
Winona	Doniphan	Lost Town	1857-1859	Philo Foster, postmaster. Located about one mile east of Doniphan/Brown County. Once had a schoolhouse.
Winona	Logan	Lost Town
Winsor	Cowley	Lost Town
Winsor	Ottawa	Lost Town
Winston	Ellsworth	Lost Town	1883-1887	Moved from Bradley Springs in 1883.
Wirtonia	Cherokee	Lost Town		Vacated 1870.
Winterset/Big Creek	Russell	Lost Town	1878-1890	The name changed from Big Creek to Winterset on June 23, 1880.
Wise	Allen	Lost Town	1882-1902
Wittmund	Rush	Lost Town	1882-1883
Wittrup	Hodgeman	Lost Town	1885-1913	A country post office in Benton Township, near the headwaters of Buckner Creek, 16 miles southwest of Jetmore. In 1910, there was a tri-weekly stage to Dodge City and a population of 15.
Woburn	Jackson	Lost Town	1870-1872
Wolf River/Ridge Farm	Doniphan	Lost Town	1864-1866	The post office moved from Normanville, and the name was changed to Wolf River in 1865
Wolf River Crossing	Doniphan	Lost Place	NA	The crossing of the Wolf River was on the St. Joseph and California road. It was in the southeast corner of the county. The Sac & Fox Indians operated a toll bridge from 1849 to 1853. A trading post called Iola was located on the west side in about 1856. One man described it in 1850 as “little more than a collection of logs in a ravine.”
Wonderly	Saline	Lost Town	1888-1906	A small Missouri Pacific Railroad station located in Liberty Township, 18 miles from Salina. The population in 1910 was 20.
Wonsevu	Chase	Lost Town	1875-1907	Wonsevu was a country post office in Cottonwood Township. In 1910, there were two general stores and a population of 57. It was located on Cedar Creek, 20 miles southwest of Cottonwood Falls.
Woodberry	Reno	Lost Town	1878-1887	Woodberry was located in southeast Reno County.
Woodbine	Dickinson	Current Town
Woodey	Lincoln	Lost Town	1874-1888
Woodhull	Chase	Lost Town	1872-1882	Woodhull was a country post office on the east bank of Diamond Creek in Diamond Creek Township. It was about seven miles north of Elmdale. The town was supposedly named for Mrs. Victoria Woodhull, a noted woman suffragist who had lectured in Kansas.
Woodland	Bourbon	Lost Town	1887-1901	It was four miles southwest of Fort Scott. The first postmaster was E. Parsons.
Woodlawn	Nemaha	Lost Town	1881-1906	During the summer of 1881, W. L. Challis selected a fine, natural site in Capioma Township.
Woodlief	Franklin	Lost Town	1898-1901
Woodsdale	Stevens	Lost Town		It was settled on June 6, 1887, abandoned in 1893, and named in honor of S.N. Wood, the chief founder. This site was used on the Colmor cut-off of the Santa Fe Trail.
Woodson	Marshall or Nemaha	Lost Town		Incorporated 1857. Located on the Vermillion branch of the Big Blue River.
Woodson County	Woodson	Current County	NA	One of the original 36 counties, it was created in 1855. Yates Center is the county seat.
Woodstock	Jefferson	Lost Town	1871-1873 1874-1891	Woodstock was the location of the second post office in Sarcoxie Township.
Woodston	Rooks	Current Town
Woodvile	Russell	Lost Town	1878-1892
Woodward’s Ferry	Saline	Lost Place	NA	Operated 1864-67 at the mouth of Saline River; James J. Woodward, proprietor.
Wolcott /Connor/Connor’s Station	Wyandotte	Lost Town	1867-1944	First called Connor’s Station. The name changed to Connor in 1889. The name changed again in 1899 to Wolcott.
Worden	Douglas	Lost Town	1884-1904	Also spelled  Warden, this was a hamlet in the south-central part of the county about seven miles west of Baldwin City. In 1910, the population was 26.
Worth	Butler	Lost Town	1886-1887	In Fairmont Township. The post office moved to Elbing.
Wray’s	Allen	Lost Town		Voting precinct, 1858.
Wright	Ford	Current Town
Wyandotte/Kansas City	Wyandotte	Current Town		The name changed to Kansas City, Kansas, in 1886.
Wyandotte County	Wyandotte	Current County	NA	Formed from Leavenworth and Johnson Counties in 1859. Kansas City is the county seat.
Wyandotte County Lake & Park	Wyandotte	Place	NA	Wyandotte County Lake is located at the northwest edge of Kansas City, Kansas. The 300-acre lake was constructed in the 1930s by the Works Progress Administration.
Wyckoff	Lyon	Lost Town	1885-1902
Wyckoff	Russell	Lost Town	1878-1883
Wymer	Leavenworth	Lost Town	1880	The post office was only open for two months.
Wyola	Lyon	Lost Town		Incorporated 1857
Wyoming	Marshall	Lost Town	1862-1901	Located in the extreme southeastern part of the county, 24 miles from Marysville, the population in 1910 was 27.
Wyoming	Shawnee	Lost Town		On the Fort Leavenworth-Fort Riley Military Road near Meridan.
Wyoming Crossing	Marshall	Lost Place	NA	Crossing of Irish Creek on the Parallel Road near Vermillion. Probably the Gilliam Company campsite, June 4, 1844.
Wyoming Valley	Clay	Lost Town

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