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Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961

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County: Shawnee

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Post Office County Established Discontinued Notes
Eugene  Shawnee  1866-10-03  1870-12-12  Name change to North Topeka.  
Williamsport  Shawnee  1863-05-22  1870-07-01  Moved to Wakarusa.  
Indianola  Shawnee  1855-12-21  1868-12-29  Moved from Loring. Established in Calhoun County. Was also in Jackson County for a time.  
Cross Creek  Shawnee  1864-12-09  1868-03-20  Established in Pottawatomie County. Was also in Jackson County for a time.  
Walton  Osage  1858-10-23  1864-06-09  Established in Shawnee County.  
Mairestown  Shawnee  1857-12-08  1862-12-16   
Williamsport  Shawnee  1858-03-12  1860-07-06   
Brownsville  Shawnee  1856-02-13  1859-03-07  Name change to Auburn.  
Elk Creek  Osage  1857-10-27  1858-05-10  Moved to Ridgeway. Established in Shawnee County.  
Council City  Osage  1855-04-30  1858-01-30  Name change to Burlingame. Established in Shawnee County.  
Silver Lake  Shawnee  1855-06-02  1857-09-08   
Union Town  Shawnee  1856-02-20  1856-08-28   
Whitfield  Shawnee  1855-03-15  1856-05-21   
Loring  Shawnee  1855-03-15  1855-12-21  Moved to Indianola. Established in Calhoun County.  
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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