Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961
Results of Query:
Post Office: All post offices
County: Barton
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| Post Office | County | Established | Discontinued | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walnut Creek | Barton | 1853-08-22 | 1855-09-22 | Moved from Fort Atkinson. |
| Fort Atkinson | Barton | 1855-08-04 | 1857-06-05 | Was also in Washington County for a time. |
| Walnut Creek | Barton | 1856-12-24 | 1857-11-20 | In 1853, the troops stationed at Fort Atkinson, on the Santa Fe Trail about six miles west of present-day Dodge City, were transferred to Walnut Creek (near present-day Great Bend and the post office changed names. The original name of Fort Atkinson was resumed in 1855.] |
| Kiowa | Barton | 1864-04-08 | 1865-04-28 | Name change to Fort Zarah. Established in Peketon County. Was also in Marion County for a time. |
| Fort Zarah | Barton | 1865-04-28 | 1868-01-28 | Name change from Kiowa. Established in Marion County. |
| Fort Zarah | Barton | 1868-07-17 | 1870-01-07 | |
| Fort Zarah | Barton | 1871-06-15 | 1871-07-06 | Name change to Zarah. |
| Zarah | Barton | 1871-07-06 | 1873-04-02 | Name change from Fort Zarah. |
| Great Bend | Barton | 1872-01-31 | Open in 1961 | |
| Ellinwood | Barton | 1872-08-05 | Open in 1961 | |
| Pawnee Rock | Barton | 1872-08-28 | Open in 1961 | |
| Maherville | Barton | 1874-06-22 | 1904-01-27 | Name change to Boyd. |
| Clarence | Barton | 1874-10-26 | 1887-02-03 | Moved to Bartholdi. |
| Zion Valley | Stafford | 1875-06-03 | 1880-04-30 | Name change to Saint John. Established in Barton County. |
| Cheyenne Bottom | Barton | 1875-08-19 | 1877-08-10 | |
| Peace Creek | Reno | 1876-05-26 | 1905-07-31 | Established in Barton County. Was also in Stafford County for a time (site moved). |
| Bloomingdale | Barton | 1876-09-19 | 1883-02-19 | |
| Odin | Barton | 1877-05-21 | 1906-02-14 | |
| Millard | Barton | 1877-07-24 | 1906-08-31 | |
| Verbeck | Barton | 1878-02-25 | 1904-09-15 | |
| Gere | Barton | 1878-05-29 | 1887-12-15 | |
| Milwaukee | Stafford | 1878-06-14 | 1887-10-27 | Established in Barton County. |
| Seward | Stafford | 1878-09-20 | 1995-12-09 | Established in Barton County. |
| Putnam | Barton | 1878-09-27 | 1883-04-27 | |
| Bartondale | Russell | 1878-11-04 | 1891-12-15 | Established in Barton County. |
| Kenilworth | Stafford | 1879-01-27 | 1898-12-31 | Established in Barton County. |
| State Center | Barton | 1879-01-28 | 1894-04-14 | Also spelled as State Centre. |
| Buena Vista | Barton | 1879-01-29 | 1887-04-14 | Moved to Hoisington. |
| Dubuque | Russell | 1879-02-17 | 1909-04-30 | Established in Barton County. |
| Pride | Barton | 1879-03-07 | 1883-09-18 | |
| Deanville | Stafford | 1879-04-23 | 1881-10-12 | Moved to Bedford. Established in Barton County. |
| Thomas | Barton | 1880-02-27 | 1882-11-21 | |
| Lott | Barton | 1880-03-16 | 1882-05-09 | |
| Leoville | Barton | 1880-04-23 | 1881-06-17 | Moved to Nathan. |
| Webb | Barton | 1880-09-13 | 1889-08-31 | |
| Olmitz | Barton | 1881-04-11 | Open in 1961 | |
| Alliance | Ellsworth | 1881-05-03 | 1895-07-15 | Established in Barton County. |
| Nathan | Barton | 1881-06-17 | 1887-02-09 | Moved from Leoville. |
| Dundee | Barton | 1881-10-03 | 1902-06-14 | |
| Bonewitz | Barton | 1882-05-15 | 1884-10-09 | |
| Brooklyn | Barton | 1883-11-09 | 1887-11-20 | |
| Bartholdi | Barton | 1887-02-03 | 1887-08-20 | Moved from Clarence. Name change to Albert. |
| Heizerton | Barton | 1887-04-04 | 1891-03-20 | Name change to Heizer. |
| Hoisington | Barton | 1887-04-14 | Open in 1961 | Moved from Buena Vista. |
| Claflin | Barton | 1887-05-27 | Open in 1961 | |
| Albert | Barton | 1887-08-20 | Open in 1961 | Name change from Bartholdi. |
| Galatia | Barton | 1889-06-03 | 1966-05-31 | |
| Heizer | Barton | 1891-03-20 | 1954-05-15 | Name change from Heizerton. |
| Redwing | Barton | 1892-10-07 | 1896-10-15 | |
| Roberts | Russell | 1896-01-15 | 1906-10-31 | Established in Barton County. |
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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