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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
Wilmington  Wabaunsee  1857-05-21  1906-10-31  Established in Shawnee County.  
Williamsport  Shawnee  1863-05-22  1870-07-01  Moved to Wakarusa.  
Williamsport  Shawnee  1858-03-12  1860-07-06   
Willard  Shawnee  1887-06-21  1959-07-31  Moved from Post Creek.  
Whitfield  Shawnee  1892-04-26  1899-12-15   
Whitfield  Shawnee  1855-03-15  1856-05-21   
Waveland  Shawnee  1862-06-23  1900-11-10   
Watson  Shawnee  1883-09-03  1899-07-15   
Wanamaker  Shawnee  1889-11-18  1903-12-14   
Walton  Osage  1858-10-23  1864-06-09  Established in Shawnee County.  
Wakarusa  Shawnee  1870-07-01  Open in 1961  Moved from Williamsport.  
Wah Wah Suk  Shawnee  1870-05-09  1871-02-24   
Wagner  Shawnee  1880-03-08  1880-07-12   
Vidette  Shawnee  1885-03-03  1898-05-31   
Valencia  Shawnee  1878-03-15  1933-12-30   
Union Town  Shawnee  1856-02-20  1856-08-28   
Topeka  Shawnee  1855-03-03  Open in 1961   
Tevis  Shawnee  1887-02-02  1909-06-30   
Tecumseh  Shawnee  1855-03-03  Open in 1961   
Swinburn  Shawnee  1896-05-18  1901-01-15   
Sugar Works  Shawnee  1891-10-24  1895-06-20  [Never in operation]  
Silver Lake  Shawnee  1868-07-10  Open in 1961  Name change from Hallet.  
Silver Lake  Shawnee  1855-06-02  1857-09-08   
Shorey  Shawnee  1889-02-05  1895-04-15   
Shorey  Shawnee  1895-04-20  1907-12-14   
Seabrook  Shawnee  1887-02-10  1899-10-31   
Saw-Qua  Shawnee  1871-01-24  1873-04-23  Also known as Saw-Gua.  
Sandusky  Shawnee  1890-02-28  1895-06-20   
Rossville  Shawnee  1862-01-29  Open in 1961  Was also in Jackson County for a time.  
Ridgeway  Osage  1858-05-10  1900-10-20  Moved from Elk Creek. Established in Shawnee County.  
Richland  Shawnee  1857-06-01  Open in 1961   
Richardson  Osage  1855-01-09  1874-09-29  Established in Shawnee County.  
Redpath  Shawnee  1882-04-24  1884-02-04  Name change from Plowboy.  
Quinton Heights  Shawnee  1897-01-29  1899-12-30   
Quinton Heights  Shawnee  1889-11-13  1895-06-15   
Plowboy  Shawnee  1871-08-08  1882-04-24  Name change to Redpath.  
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.  
Oakland  Shawnee  1888-09-25  1910-08-31   
North Topeka  Shawnee  1870-12-12  1879-09-08  Name change from Eugene.  
Mission  Shawnee  1871-06-27  1872-04-17   
Menoken  Shawnee  1877-04-17  1910-01-15   
Mairestown  Shawnee  1857-12-08  1862-12-16   
Lynn Creek  Shawnee  1872-10-09  1874-10-16   
Loring  Shawnee  1855-03-15  1855-12-21  Moved to Indianola. Established in Calhoun County.  
Kingsville  Shawnee  1873-02-06  1914-04-30   
Kilmer  Shawnee  1886-02-05  1900-09-15   
Indianola  Shawnee  1855-12-21  1868-12-29  Moved from Loring. Established in Calhoun County. Was also in Jackson County for a time.  
Hygienic  Shawnee  1901-12-05  1903-08-15   
Highland Park  Shawnee  1890-02-28  1894-06-20  [Never in operation]  
Hallet  Shawnee  1855-03-15  1855-06-02  Name change to Silver Lake.  
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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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