Old Ford dealership in Zenda, Kansas, by Kathy Alexander.
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
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| Place Name | County | Place Type | Post Office Dates | More Information |
| X | ||||
| Xavier | Leavenworth | Lost Place | 1942-1971 | At one time, the nuns’ property at St. Mary’s Academy in Leavenworth had its own post office. It was named for St. Francis Xavier. |
| Xenia | Bourbon | Extinct Town | 1858-1926 | There are still neighborhood homes and an active church. |
| Y | ||||
| Yaggy | Reno | Lost Town | 1900-1901 | A station on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad, Yaggy was once a 1,350-acre plantation filled with catalpa and apple trees. |
| Yale | Crawford | Extinct Town | 1892-1914 | Coal mining town. |
| Yale | Ottawa | Lost Town | 1873-1887 | Yale was a post office located in the northeastern part of Ottawa County, 16 miles from Minneapolis, the county seat, and 25 miles from Solomon City, the nearest shipping point on the Kansas Pacific Railroad, and 130 miles from Topeka. Hogs and grain were its chief exports. |
| Yankee Run | Ellsworth | Lost Town | None | Now, a public use area at Kanopolis Lake. |
| Yankee Town | Douglas | Lost Town | None | Later part of Lawrence. |
| Yates Center | Woodson | Current Town | First named Bath, then Chellis, then Kalida. It was laid out on the crest of the divide between the Neosho and Verdigris Rivers in 1875. It was on the Union Pacific Railroad. | |
| Yellow Springs | Douglas | Lost Town | None | |
| Yocemento | Ellis | Extinct Town | 1907-1917 | Yocemento was the site of a cement plant that eventually went bankrupt. |
| Yordy | Ellsworth | Lost Town | 1875-1889 | |
| York | Ottawa | Lost Town | 1880-1886 | |
| York | Saline | Lost Town | Vacated 1903. | |
| Yoder | Reno | Current Town | ||
| Yorktown/Allamead | Lincoln | Lost Town | 1880-1894 1894-1906 |
The town’s name was changed from Allamead to Yorktown on September 5, 1894. In 1910, it was a country hamlet with a general store and a population of 60. Vesper, 12 miles south, was the nearest shipping point. It was located 16 miles northwest of Lincoln. |
| Young America | Osage | Lost Town | The town was settled in 1857. | |
| Youngsville | Greeley | Lost Town | 1906-1912 | A country post office located 14 miles north of Tribune. |
| Youngton | Marion | Lost Town | 1872-1873 1875-1901 |
Located northeast of Marion. |
| Yuma | Cloud | Lost Town | 1880-1881 1882-1888 1889-1900 |
Yuma was located on the Missouri Pacific Railroad five miles west of Concordia, near the intersection of K-28 and County Road 777. A historical marker remains where the town once stood, populated from 1878 until the 1930s. |
| Yuba | Russell | Lost Town | 1884-1885 | |
| Z | ||||
| Zahnsville/Miltonville | Cloud | Name Change | 1873-1882 | The name changed to Miltonvale. |
| Zamora | Hamilton | Name Change | The name changed to Kendall. | |
| Zamore | Lost Town | Gray | ||
| Zara | Johnson | Lost Town | 1882-1887 | |
| Zarah | Barton | Lost Town | Near Fort Zarah, five miles east of Great Bend. | |
| Zarah | Johnson | Lost Town | 1890-1954 | A village in the northern part of Johnson County. |
| Zeandale | Riley | Ghost Town | ||
| Zebo | Coffey | Lost Town | ||
| Zenda | Kingman | Current Town | ||
| Zella | Stevens | Lost Town | Vacated 1893. | |
| Ziba | Ellsworth | Lost Town | 1876-1881 | |
| Zion Valley | Stafford | Name Change | Now St. John. | |
| Zionville | Grant | Lost Town | 1903-1905 | Located south of Ulysses. |
| Zook | Pawnee | Named for John B. Zook, a pioneer. | ||
| Zoro | Linn | Lost Town | 1887-1889 | |
| Zurich | Rooks | Extinct Town | -1996 | The post office closed on August 24, 1996. |
| Zyba | Sumner | Lost Town | 1887-1906 | A station on the Chicago and Rock Island Railroad, 12 miles north of Wellington. |
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©Kathy Alexander/Legends of Kansas, updated June 2025.
Sunflowers by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Also See:
Sources:
Blackmar, Frank W.; Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Vol I; Standard Publishing Company, Chicago, IL 1912.
Collections of the Kansas State Historical Society, 1911-1912, Edited by George W. Martin, Secretary, State Printing Office, Topeka, KS
Connelley, William E.; A Standard History of Kansas and Kansans, Lewis, Chicago, 1918.
Cutler, William G; History of Kansas; A. T. Andreas, Chicago, IL, 1883.
Historical Directory of Kansas Towns
Kansas Post Office History
Polk’s Kansas State Gazetteer and Business Directory, Volume 10, Directory Publishers, Chicago, Illinois, 1904.
Post Offices by State