Aiken & Sons Mill on the Verdigris River in Guilford, Kansas, about 1870.
| Town | Post Office Dates | Additional Information |
| Barretts Hill | 1867-1870 | |
| Brooks | 1880-1905 |
 St. Louis & San Francisco Railway sign board in Brooks, KS. A station on the St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad near the south line of the county. It was located in Newark Township, 15 miles southeast of Fredonia. After its post office closed, it received its mail from Cherryvale in Montgomery County. The population in 1910 was 21. |
| Buffville | 1910-1943 | |
| Buxton | 1887-1921 | The post office moved from Jurett. Established in 1886 when the railroad was built. The Arkansas Valley Town and Land Company owned the land which laid off the lots. A station on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad near the west line, in Duck Creek Township. It was ten miles southwest of Fredonia. In 1910, it had a money-order post office and a population of 50. Buxton was credited with being the most important hay shipping station in the county. |
| Clarke | 1869-1871 | |
| Dildine | 1892-1900 | Located in the extreme northeastern corner of the county, 21 miles from Fredonia and about five miles north of Vilas, the nearest railroad station. After its post office closed, it received its mail from Chanute in Neosho County. |
| Dun | 1879-1905 | A station on the St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad eight miles southeast of Fredonia and four miles from Neodesha, from which place it received its mail after its post office closed. The railroad’s name was Lazarus Station. |
| Greystone | 1867-1887 | The post office moved to Sidell. |
| Guilford | 1868-1886 1888-1922 |
A station on the Missouri Pacific Railroad in Guilford Township, it had a money order post office and a population of 32 in 1910. It was eight miles northeast of Fredonia. |
| Jurett | 1871-1887 | The post office moved to Buxton. |
| Kalida | None | Kalida, also known as Clifton, was a paper town in the northwest quarter of Section 16, Township 28, Range 15. |
| Lafontaine/La Fontaine | 1879-1991 | Located in Talleyrand Township of Wilson County, Kansas, this town started on March 14, 1879, when a post office was established. Today, it is a ghost town. |
| Middletown | 1873-1903 | Located in Verdigris Township, 14 miles north of Fredonia and eight miles west of Buffalo, the nearest railroad station. When its post office closed, it received its mail by rural route from Buffalo. |
| Mound Springs | 1870-1872 | |
| Newark | 1870-1871 1882-1884 |
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| North Altoona | 1911-1918 |
 North Altoona Cement Plant. Location of the Portland Cement plant that employed 150 to 200 men. It was in operation by January 1, 1909. It was located on 500 acres and was the world’s most modern cement plant. The plant was managed by Victor Beautner, who also built a castle for his family to live in. At the beginning of World War I in 1917, the town and the cement plant were busy and successful. After the war, the plant went bankrupt and never operated again. Afterward, people toured the plant and the castle, but in 1922 they were destroyed. |
| Rest | 1877-1955 |
 ATS&F Depot in Rest, KS. by H. Killam, 1955. A station on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad, it was located on the line between Colfax and Pleasant Valley Townships, 14 miles northeast of Fredonia. Rest was a trading post before the railroad was built and had several stores, several residences, and a G. A. R. hall. In 1910, it had telephone connections with all the other towns in the vicinity, general stores, a money order post office, and a population of 35. |
| Roper/Sidell | 1887-1933 |
 Missouri Pacific Railroad Depot in Roper, KS.  Missouri Pacific Railroad sign board in Roper, KS. The town was started in 1886 when the Missouri Pacific Railroad was built. The post office moved from Greystone. The name changed from Sidell to Roper on February 10, 1891. It was located where two branches of the Missouri Pacific Railroad diverged, both going southward, about 12 miles northeast of Fredonia. A telephone system uniting Roper with all the nearby towns went into operation in 1901. In 1910, it had telegraph and express offices, a money order post office, and a population of 40. |
| Sexton | 1900 | The post office order of change was rescinded after five months. |
| Stella | 1898-1900 | |
| Verdi | 1868-1876 | |
| Vilas/Burdgeville | 1882-1954 |
 ATS&F Depot in Villas, Kansas. The name changed from Burdgeville to Villas on March 13, 1888. A station on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad, it was located in Colfax Township near the east line of the county, 16 miles northeast of Fredonia. The town was started after the building of the railroad in 1886. It is on the border of a splendid gas field, and the strongest well in the county is located three miles northeast. In 1910, it had an express office, a money order post office, and a population of 58. |
| Ward | 1872-1901 | It was located near the east line of the county in Pleasant Valley Township, about 18 miles northeast of Fredonia, the county seat, and 3 or 4 miles south of Vilas. |
| Wilson Creek | 1879-1880 |
©Kathy Alexander/Legends of Kansas, updated August 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.
Kansas Post Office History