Talmo, Kansas Business Buildings by Kathy Alexander.
| Town | Post Office Dates | Additional Information |
| Agenda | 1874-1883 1888-1998 |
Agenda, Kansas, is a very small town in the northern part of Elk Creek Township in Republic County. As of the 2020 census, the population of the area was 47. It is also officially an “extinct town” because it no longer has a post office. |
| Albion | 1871-1877 | Located in Albion Township, this town was in the northeast corner of Republic County, about 12 miles from Belleville, the county seat. The township’s population was about 400 in 1878. |
| Bissell | 1895 | After four months, the post office Order of change was rescinded. |
| Centre Mound | 1874-1880 | This small settlement was located near the Republican River in the northwestern part of Republic County, 12 miles from Belleville, the county seat. When the post office closed, it moved to Harbine. |
| Crainville | 1878-1895 | |
| Elma | 1872-1881 | Elma, in the northern central part of Republic County, had a general store, weekly mail, and a population of 30 in 1878. It was 13 miles from Belleville, the county seat, and 25 from Belvidere, Nebraska, on the St. Joseph and Denver City Railroad, the nearest station. |
| Fenwick | 1875-1882 | Fenwick was located on Elk Creek in the southeastern part of Republic County. In 1878 it had semi-weekly mail delivered to postmaster John Canary. It was 18 miles from Belleville, the county seat, and four and 1/2 miles from Clyde, the nearest railroad station from which wheat, hogs, and cattle were shipped. |
| Hackberry | 1878-1879 | The post office was only open for about three months. |
| Harbine | 1880-1883 | The post office moved from Centre Mound. |
| Haworth | 1884-1910 | Named for the Haworth family, pioneers. Haworth was a station on the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad in the eastern part of Republic County. In 1910, Haworth had a money order office and was a trading center for the neighborhood. It was about about 15 miles east of Belleville. |
| Ida | 1873-1885 | It was located in 1872 and named for Miss Ida Williams, daughter of a pioneer settler. It was on the Central Branch Union Pacific Railroad in the northwestern part of Republic County, about 15 miles from Belleville, the county seat, and 27 from Washington. In 1878, it was on the stagecoach line from Belleville to Fairbury, Nebraska, from which its mail was delivered to postmaster G.A. Boal. Fairbury, Nebraska, was the most convenient shipping point on the St. Joseph & Denver City Railroad. The town’s principal exports were hogs, grain, eggs, and butter. At that time, it had a hardware store, a hotel, a feed stable, a boot and shoemaker, a physician, two blacksmiths, three general stores, the Ida Flour Mill, a feed mill, and a population of 75. |
| Jay Eau-Jay Eu | 1872-1878 1879-1883 |
A post office in the southwestern part of Republic County, it was ten miles from Belleville, the county seat, and the same distance from Concordia, the nearest shipping point. In 1878, it had tri-weekly mail, and Emeline E. Skeels served as postmistress. The spelling of the town’s name changed to Jay Eau on January 16, 1879. |
| Jefferson | 1878-1883 | |
| Kackley | 1888-1968 | A village in Beaver Township, it was a station on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad. In 1910, it was the principal grain market for that section of the county. It had a money order post office, express and telegraph offices, a bank, several business establishments, good schools, churches of several different denominations, and a population of 250. It is about 15 miles southwest of Belleville. It is a ghost town today. |
| Leopold | 1882-1883 | |
| Lewis Centre | 1886-1887 | |
| Midland | 1876-1878 | The post office moved from Mimosa. |
| Mimosa | 1871-1876 | Mimosa was a small settlement on the Republican River in the western part of Republic County, 14 miles from Belleville, the county seat. When the post office closed, it moved to Midland. |
| Neilsburgh | 1874-1879 | The Neilsburgh post office was established in 1874 in Beaver Township of Republic County. In 1878, it was on the stagecoach line from Scandia to Jewell City, from which its daily mail was delivered to postmaster Henry Bollen. At that time, Reverend Neil Olsland was the pastor of the Lutheran congregation. It was 18 miles from Belleville, the county seat, and 13 from Concordia, the nearest shipping point to which it explored grain and hogs. |
| New Liberty | 1873-1880 | A country post office in Rose Creek Township, Republic County, was 11 miles north of Belleville, the county seat. In 1878, its mail was delivered semi-weekly to postmaster Charles Northrop. |
| New Tabor | 1875-1888 | The post office moved from Prairie Plain. Located in March 1871, abandoned in 1882, a Bohemian settlement named for Tabor, a city of Bohemia. |
| North Elk | 1870-1872 | |
| Norway | 1870-2008 | Norway, Kansas, is a ghost town on the Republican River in Norway Township of southwest Republic County. It is also an extinct town as it no longer has a post office. However, it is a census-designated place; as of the 2020 census, the population was 17. |
| Prairie Grove | 1872-1883 | In 1878, Prairie Grove had a Free Will Baptist Church, a district schoolhouse, and a post office in the postmaster’s E.W. Hall’s house. Mail was received once per week. It was located in Albion Township, in the northwest corner of Republic County. Wheat and hogs were exported from the community to the nearest shipping point in Fairbury, Nebraska. The settlement was 29 miles from Mankato, the county seat. |
| Prairie Home | 1871-1878 | Located in Fairview Township in the central-eastern part of Republic County, it had a post office and a schoolhouse in 1878. Its nearest railroad point was in Hanover, about 30 miles distant. |
| Prairie Plain | 1870-1875 | A small settlement in Creek Township, in the northwestern part of Republic County. The post office moved to New Tabor. It was about 25 miles from Fairbury, Nebraska, a station on the St. Joseph and Denver City Railroad. The post office moved to New Tabor when it closed. |
| Prospect | 1878-1888 | The post office moved to Courtland when it closed. |
| Rosalind | 1878-1885 | |
| Rydal | 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. |
| Scotch Plain | 1871-1874 | A short-lived community in Scandia Township, in the southwestern corner of Republic County. |
| Seapo-Salt Marsh | 1866-1889 | Seapo was a rural community in Grant Township in Republic County. It was first established as Salt Marsh in 1866. In 1878, it had a grist mill, two churches, a school, two hotels, a miller, two general stores, three blacksmiths, a physician, a Salt Works, and a population of 90. It had a daily stage to Clyde the nearest railroad station, which delivered the mail. It was 12 miles from Belleville, the county seat, and 80 from Topeka. |
| Sherdahl | 1887-1905 | A village in Union Township, it had a population of 24 in 1910. It was located 11 miles northwest of Bellville and about five miles north of Scandia. |
| Soldier | 1872-1875 | Located in Cortland Township in the southwest part of Republic County, it is about seven miles southwest of Scandia on the Republican River and 15 miles from Mankato, the county seat. |
| Sunset | 1872-1873 | |
| Talmo | 1884-1953 | In 1910, Talmo was a station on the Union Pacific railroad. At that time, it had about a dozen business establishments, a post office, telegraph, telephone, and express offices, and 150 residents. It is about nine miles south of Belleville, the nearest banking point. Today, the area still has several homes, barns, and silos. |
| Tiago | 1882-1891 | |
| Trasey | 1880-1882 | |
| Twin Grove | 1871-1872 | The post office moved to Union Valley. |
| Union Valley | 1872-1874 | The post office moved from Twin Grove. |
| Warwick-Talmage | 1880-1882 1884-1919 |
The post office moved from Wilber. First called Talmage, it changed to Warwick on April 13, 1882. Just about six months later, it closed and 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. |
| Wayne | 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. |
| West Creek | 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. |
| White Rock | 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. |
| Wilber | 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. |
©Kathy Alexander/Legends of Kansas, updated October 2024.
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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.
Gazetteer and Business Directory; Polk Directory Company, Chicago, Illinois, 1878.
Hallvard Slettebø
Kansas Post Office History
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