Leavenworth County, Kansas Map by L.H. Everts, 1887.
| Town | Post Office Dates | Additional Information |
| Ackerland | 1883-1923 | Ackerland, a village of Leavenworth County, is located in the western portion of the county on the Leavenworth & Topeka Railroad. A post office was established on January 8, 1883. In 1887 Samuel H. Hill, who had previously operated a sawmill in Jarbalo, bought the Ackerland store and became the postmaster. Hill also represented the Sixth District in the Legislature from 1895 to 1896. In 1910, the community had a money order post office, an express office, and a population of 25. The post office closed on November 15, 1923. The town was located about 15 miles southwest of Leavenworth. |
| Alexandria | 1856-1857 | Alexandria was incorporated in 1855 by A. Majors, S. D. Pitcher, A. Payne, J. M. Alexander, Sibley, and William H. Russell. It was located on Stranger Creek. |
| Bell | 1871-1872 | |
| Boling | 1882-1918 | A hamlet in the central part of Leavenworth County, it was situated on the Leavenworth & Topeka Railroad about nine miles southwest of Leavenworth. Its post office moved from High Prairie on July 14, 1882. In 1910 it had a money-order post office, telegraph facilities, and a population of 32. Boling’s post office closed on July 31, 1918. |
| Dafer | 1884-1900 | |
| Daisy | 1882-1886 | |
| Delaware City | 1856-1878 | Delaware City, Kansas, was founded in the summer of 1854. |
| Dimon | 1868-1883 | North of Stanwood; located in 1868. |
| Evanston | 1898-1902 | A hamlet of Leavenworth County, a post office, opened on May 4, 1898, but only operated for three years, closing on April 30, 1902. It was located in the western portion of the county on Stranger Creek, five miles north of Jarbalo, the nearest railroad town, and 11 miles southwest of Leavenworth. |
| Fairmount | 1864-1866 | Fairmount, Kansas, was located a few miles southwest of Leavenworth on the Lawrence branch of the Union Pacific Railroad. |
| Fall/Fall Leaf | 1868 1874-1894 1895-1927 |
Fall Leaf was a station in the southern part of Reno Township on the main line of the Kansas Pacific Railroad. It was named in honor of a Delaware chief. R.C. Taylor and John Jordan were among the earliest settlers. A post office opened on January 28, 1868, but closed just a few months later, on May 25, 1868. It reopened on February 27, 1874, and remained in operation until July 31, 1894. When a post office reopened on March 15, 1895, it and the community were called Fall, but the railroad station continued to be called Fall Leaf. By 1910, it was on the Union Pacific Railroad, had a post office, express and telegraph offices, and a population of 43. Its post office closed its doors for the last time on January 31, 1927. It was located in the extreme southern portion of the county on the Kansas River and about 30 miles southwest of Kansas City. |
| Glenwood | 1869-1870 1884-1902 |
Located in Fairmount Township, a post office was established on January 26, 1869, but soon closed on October 18, 1870. By the early 1880s, it had a Methodist Episcopal Church and a schoolhouse. The post office reopened on February 18, 1884. It closed again on August 30, 1902. Glenwood was located in the southeastern part of Leavenworth County, about two miles northwest of Jaggard, the nearest railroad point, and eight miles northwest of Bonner Springs. |
| Greenbush | 1856 | The post office was only open for five months. |
| Harkness | 1890-1894 | |
| High Prairie | 1875-1882 | The post office moved to Boling. |
| Hoge | 1867-1871 1872-1901 |
Located in Stranger Township, Hoge was a station on the Kansas Pacific Railroad. A post office was established on April 9, 1867, with Joseph Hoge as postmaster. The post office closed on June 12, 1871, and moved to Summit. The post office reopened on April 29, 1872, and by the early 1880s, it still had a small Catholic church. The post office closed its doors for the last time on May 15, 1901. In 1910, Hoge was located on the Union Pacific Railroad, received its mail by rural delivery from Tonganoxie, and had a population of 26. Hoge was located in the central part of Leavenworth County, 15 miles southwest of Leavenworth. |
| Hund’s Station | 1873-1901 | A small colony on Salt Creek and the Kansas Central Railway, it was settled in 1854. Wendelin Hund was the postmaster. It was located in the northeastern part of the county, four and a half miles from Leavenworth. |
| Jaggard | 1889-1905 | A railroad town in the southeastern part of the county. In 1910, it was on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad two miles northwest of Bonner Springs, from which it received rural mail delivery. It was 19 miles from Leavenworth. |
| Jarbalo | 1872-1958 | There are still several homes in the community as well as an active church. |
| Jay | 1898-1902 | A hamlet in the western part of Leavenworth County. A post office was established on October 3, 1898, but closed just a few years later on February 28, 1902. It was located about six miles southwest of Easton, the most convenient railroad station. |
| Kelly’s Station | 1866-1867 | The post office moved from Little Stranger. Name change to Fairmount. |
| Kickapoo/Kickapoo City | 1855-1920 | Kickapoo, one of the oldest towns in Leavenworth County, was first called Kickapoo City. |
| Lebreton | 1884-1885 | |
| Lenape | 1868-1943 | Lenape was founded in Sherman Township in 1867 on the main line of the Kansas Pacific Railroad. It was laid out, like so many other villages on this line, by the Kansas Valley Town Company. It was named for the Lenape (Deleware) Indians. A post office was established on August 26, 1868. For a time, it seemed to have as good a chance for growth as Linwood, but the position of the latter on the Kansas River gave it an advantage that could not be overcome. By the early 1880s, the town had a population of about 75 and just a few businesses. By 1910, the community was on the Union Pacific Railroad and had two general stores, a telegraph station, a money order post office, and a population of 85. The post office closed on May 15, 1943. It was located about 20 miles southwest of Kansas City. |
| Little Stranger | 1860-1866 | The post office moved to Kelly’s Station. Two miles south of Penitentiary Station. |
| Lowemont | 1888-1938 | This village was located in the northern portion of the county on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad. In 1910, it had a money order post office, express and telegraph facilities, and a population of 25. It was located 11 miles northwest of Leavenworth. |
| Maria | 1873-1890 | |
| Millwood | 1871-1904 | Settled in 1870, the village was located on Stranger Creek, in the northern part of the county. William Kelsey was the first postmaster. At one point, it had two flour mills, a school, and a tri-weekly stage to Atchison. In 1878, it had a population of 45. It was located three miles from Easton. |
| Moore’s Summit | None | A station on the Leavenworth branch of the Kansas Pacific Railroad in the central part of the county, it was 15 miles from Lawrence and 19 southwest of Leavenworth. |
| Mount Olivet | 1877-1900 | A post office located at the head of Salt Creek in the western part of the county. The postmaster was H. M. Dubois. It was located six miles from Leavenworth. |
| Neely | 1888-1923 | A hamlet in the southwestern part of Leavenworth County, it was on the Missouri Pacific Railroad five miles northwest of Tonganoxie. The population in 1910 was 10. |
| Nuato | 1855 | The post office was only open for ten months. |
| Petersburgh | 1865-1875 | The post office moved to Lansing. |
| Pleasant Ridge | 1862-1895 | It was located in Kickapoo Township in the northwestern portion of the county, eight miles distant from Leavenworth. Christian Moser, postmaster. At one point it had two churches. |
| Pope | 1890-1893 | |
| Reno | 1864-1918 | The first general merchant of the place was John Jacobs, the first postmaster when a post office opened on July 6, 1864. It was named after General Reno. Soon it was a station on the Lawrence branch of the Kansas Pacific Railroad. In the early 1880s, it was surrounded by a rich and well-settled farming country and was a prosperous and growing village. By 1910, Reno was on the Union Pacific Railroad, had a general store, a money order post office, and was the shipping point for a considerable district. At that time, its population was 112. The post office closed on September 30, 1918. |
| Roland | 1895-1902 | |
| Ruble | 1886-1900 | |
| Salt Creek | 1863-1864 | |
| Springdale | 1860-1907 | A small village, Springdale was located in the center of Alexandria Township. It was surveyed and platted by Hiram Rees and Eli Morris, in October 1860. A post office was established on September 24, 1860, with D. F. Walker as the first postmaster. There were two steam saw and grist mills in the Township. Alexandria Township was largely settled at first by members of the Society of Friends, who built the first church and schoolhouse there. Springdale’s post office closed on March 15, 1907, after which it received its mail from Ackerland, the nearest railroad station. Located in the western part of Leavenworth County, it was located about five miles south of Easton. |
| Spring Valley | 1866-1870 | |
| Standish | 1895-1901 | |
| Stanwood | 1870-1886 | This settlement was formed in 1868 by a colony from Toledo, Ohio, and was located at the headwaters of Nine Mile Creek in the southwestern part of the county. H. R. Muncie, was the postmaster. It was six miles from Tonganoxie. |
| Stranger | 1867-1877 1888-1905 |
The first settlement here was called Journey Cake or Johnny Cake. A delegate of the Delaware tribe who signed the 1854 treaty with the United States, Ne-sha-pa-na-cumin, or Charles Journeycake, was so named in honor of his escape from white captors and his subsistence on a small portion of food that he managed to conceal until his return to his people. Located in Stranger Township, on the Kansas Pacific Railroad, Stranger was laid out in 1867 by the Kansas Valley Town Company. A post office was established on August 26, 1867, but it closed on December 20, 1887. More than ten years later it reopened on October 12, 1888. On December 15, 1905, the town and post office changed its name to Linwood. It was changed by Senator W.A. Harris because of his great appreciation for the Linwood trees that were abundant in the vicinity of Stranger Creek. |
| Summit | 1871-1887 | The post office moved from Hoge. |
| Wymer | 1880 | The post office was only open for two months. |
| Xavier | 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. |
© Kathy Alexander/Legends of Kansas, updated June 2023.
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