Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe engine, coal car and caboose steaming over double arch style railroad bridge between Wellsville and LeLoup, 1910.
| Town | Post Office Dates | Additional Information |
| Berea | 1863-1870 | |
| Bowling Green | 1855-1857 | |
| Centropolis | 1858-1859 1863 1865-1930 |
It still has several buildings, including an active church. |
| Coburn | 1900-1902 | In the northwestern part of the county, it was ten miles west of Norwood, the nearest railroad station. |
| Dennison | 1865-1868 | |
| Emerald | None | First settled in 1857 |
| Forest Home | 1867-1877 | The post office moved to Homewood. |
| Garlington | 1886-1898 | The post office moved to Pleasanthill. |
| Greenwood/Sac & Fox Agency | 1855-1872 | Name changed from Sac & Fox Agency to Greenwood on February 27, 1861. |
| Hackett | 1900-1903 | In the northern part of the county, it was located in the valley of Eight Mile Creek, about six miles northwest of Ottawa. |
| Hickory Creek | 1859-1860 | |
| Homewood | 1877-1955 | The post office moved from Forest Home. |
| Imes/Larimore | 1877-1917 | The name changed from Larimore to Imes on May 23, 1887. Named for Harmon Imes, the postmaster. |
| Le Loup/Ferguson | 1870-1954 | In the northeastern part of the county, it started as a station on the Leavenworth, Lawrence & Fort Gibson Railroad in 1870. The name was changed from Ferguson to Le Loup on May 8, 1879. There are still a few homes in the area. |
| McCandless | 1900-1901 | |
| Minneola/Saint Bernard | 1855-1865 | The name changed from Saint Bernard on November 26, 1858. The post office moved to Centropolis when it closed. |
| Norwood | 1868-1872 1874-1914 |
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| Ohio City | 1857-1870 | Located on the Humboldt Trail, it became the county seat of Franklin County for a short time. The post office moved to Princeton when it closed. |
| Ottawa Creek | 1856-1864 | The post office moved to Ottawa. |
| Pansy | 1898-1902 | |
| Peoria | 1857-1934 | It was six miles east of Ottawa. The old Briles one-room school remains. |
| Pleasanthill | 1898-1902 | The post office moved from Garlington. |
| Ransomville | 1881-1915 | Was a coal mining camp located in the southwestern part of the county. |
| Richter | 1890-1907 | |
| Sac Branch | 1861-1863 | |
| Shermansville, Sherman’s, Dutch Henry’s Crossing | 1855-1863 | The post office moved to Lane. |
| Woodlief | 1898-1901 |
©Kathy Alexander/Legends of Kansas, updated November 2022.
Also See:
Sources:
Blackmar, Frank W.; Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Vol I; Standard Publishing Company, Chicago, IL 1912.
Cutler, William G; History of Kansas; A. T. Andreas, Chicago, IL, 1883.
Kansas Post Office History