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Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961

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Post Office: All post offices
County: Shawnee

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Post Office County Established Discontinued Notes
Richland  Shawnee  1857-06-01  Open in 1961   
Silver Lake  Shawnee  1868-07-10  Open in 1961  Name change from Hallet.  
Dover  Shawnee  1863-04-16  Open in 1961   
Burlingame  Osage  1858-01-30  Open in 1961  Name change from Council City. Established in Shawnee County.  
Rossville  Shawnee  1862-01-29  Open in 1961  Was also in Jackson County for a time.  
Berryton  Shawnee  1888-05-07  Open in 1961   
Auburn  Shawnee  1859-03-07  Open in 1961  Name change from Brownsville.  
Wakarusa  Shawnee  1870-07-01  Open in 1961  Moved from Williamsport.  
Topeka  Shawnee  1855-03-03  Open in 1961   
Tecumseh  Shawnee  1855-03-03  Open in 1961   
Pauline  Shawnee  1872-02-09  1973-11-30  In 1973, Pauline became a classified station within the Topeka post office. Station still open as of 2003.  
Willard  Shawnee  1887-06-21  1959-07-31  Moved from Post Creek.  
Elmont  Shawnee  1887-05-14  1955-05-31   
Valencia  Shawnee  1878-03-15  1933-12-30   
Kingsville  Shawnee  1873-02-06  1914-04-30   
Oakland  Shawnee  1888-09-25  1910-08-31   
Menoken  Shawnee  1877-04-17  1910-01-15   
Tevis  Shawnee  1887-02-02  1909-06-30   
Shorey  Shawnee  1895-04-20  1907-12-14   
Wilmington  Wabaunsee  1857-05-21  1906-10-31  Established in Shawnee County.  
Wanamaker  Shawnee  1889-11-18  1903-12-14   
Hygienic  Shawnee  1901-12-05  1903-08-15   
Grand Haven  Shawnee  1875-10-26  1901-04-13  Established in Osage County.  
Swinburn  Shawnee  1896-05-18  1901-01-15   
Waveland  Shawnee  1862-06-23  1900-11-10   
Ridgeway  Osage  1858-05-10  1900-10-20  Moved from Elk Creek. Established in Shawnee County.  
Kilmer  Shawnee  1886-02-05  1900-09-15   
Quinton Heights  Shawnee  1897-01-29  1899-12-30   
Whitfield  Shawnee  1892-04-26  1899-12-15   
Seabrook  Shawnee  1887-02-10  1899-10-31   
Watson  Shawnee  1883-09-03  1899-07-15   
Vidette  Shawnee  1885-03-03  1898-05-31   
Sugar Works  Shawnee  1891-10-24  1895-06-20  [Never in operation]  
Sandusky  Shawnee  1890-02-28  1895-06-20   
Quinton Heights  Shawnee  1889-11-13  1895-06-15   
Shorey  Shawnee  1889-02-05  1895-04-15   
Highland Park  Shawnee  1890-02-28  1894-06-20  [Never in operation]  
Esther  Shawnee  1890-03-26  1893-09-30   
Redpath  Shawnee  1882-04-24  1884-02-04  Name change from Plowboy.  
Plowboy  Shawnee  1871-08-08  1882-04-24  Name change to Redpath.  
Wagner  Shawnee  1880-03-08  1880-07-12   
North Topeka  Shawnee  1870-12-12  1879-09-08  Name change from Eugene.  
Lynn Creek  Shawnee  1872-10-09  1874-10-16   
Richardson  Osage  1855-01-09  1874-09-29  Established in Shawnee County.  
Saw-Qua  Shawnee  1871-01-24  1873-04-23  Also known as Saw-Gua.  
Blacksmith  Shawnee  1871-07-19  1872-11-11  Name change from Centre Grove.  
Mission  Shawnee  1871-06-27  1872-04-17   
Central Grove  Shawnee  1871-08-01  1871-09-29   
Centre Grove  Shawnee  1871-06-27  1871-07-19  Name change to Blacksmith.  
Wah Wah Suk  Shawnee  1870-05-09  1871-02-24   
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The Kansas Post Offices Database contains information taken from Robert W. Baughman's Kansas Post Offices, May 29, 1828-August 3, 1961, published by the Kansas Postal History Society, an affiliate of the Kansas Historical Society. It includes every known Kansas post office with its dates of operation. These dates can indicate approximately when the town was established and in some cases, when it disappeared.

The name and boundaries of some Kansas counties were still changing up to 1893. If the county where the post office was located changed, or if the town changed its name, this is noted in the "notes" field and you will need to search on the earlier or later names for additional information. If a post office was originally in Kansas Territory but became part of the new Colorado Territory on Feb. 28, 1861, the information given here ends with that date.

The information in the database is current through 3 August 1961. Post office openings, closings, and name changes since that date are currently being researched for addition to the database.

KSHS volunteers Bill and Diana Sowers, Joan Stevenson, and Louis Reed transcribed the information for this database. Melvin Bruntzel researched post-1961 changes.

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