Talmo, Kansas, courtesy of Google Maps.
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| Town | Post Office Dates | Additional Information |
| Agenda | 1874-1883 1888-1998 |
Agenda, Kansas, is a very small town located 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 | |
| Bissell | 1895 | After four months, the post office Order of change was rescinded. |
| Centre Mound | 1874-1880 | The post office moved to Harbine. |
| Crainville | 1878-1895 | |
| Elma | 1872-1881 | |
| Fenwick | 1875-1882 | |
| 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 | Located in the eastern part of Republic County, Haworth was a station on the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad. 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 | |
| Jay Eau | 1879-1883 | |
| Jay Eu | 1872-1878 | |
| 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 | The post office moved to Midland. |
| Neilsburgh | 1874-1879 | |
| New Liberty | 1873-1880 | |
| New Tabor | 1875-1888 | The post office moved from Prairie Plain. |
| North Elk | 1870-1872 | |
| Norway | 1870-2008 | The first settler in Norway was Rasmus Rimol from Trondheim, Norway. The post office was established in 1870 in J.G. McCathron’s dugout. He was the first postmaster and first justice of the peace. The post office closed in 2008. |
| Prairie Grove | 1872-1883 | |
| Prairie Home | 1871-1878 | |
| Prairie Plain | 1870-1875 | The post office moved to New Tabor. |
| Prospect | 1878-1888 | The post office moved to Courtland. |
| Rosalind | 1878-1885 | |
| Rydal | 1896-1953 | A small village on the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad, it was in Belleville Township. 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. |
| 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. It had a grist mill, three churches, and a school. |
| Scotch Plain | 1871-1874 | |
| Sherdahl | 1887-1905 | A village in Union Township, its population in 1910 was 24. It was located 11 miles northwest of Bellville and about five miles north of Scandia. |
| Soldier | 1872-1875 | |
| 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 located about nine miles south of Belleville, which was 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, 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 in the extreme northwestern corner of the county on the Missouri Pacific Railroad. 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 | |
| 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 | The post office moved to Talmage. |
©Kathy Alexander/Legends of Kansas, updated December 2023.
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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.
Kansas Post Office History