Sumner County.
South Haven township map, 1883.
On the county map South Haven can be found in Township 34-South and Range 1-West. On the township map South Haven can be found in sections 34 & 35.
Shoo Fly City Kansas 1883.
At an early day an effort was made to build up Shoo Fly City in South Haven township. The Post Master General, refused however, to open the post office under that name and the town was called South Haven there after. It grow but slowly and was not chartered as a town until after the Sumner County Rail road reached it on June 17, 1881
South Haven Post Office.
It's recorded that F. F. Meister was first post master. It's also recorded that South Haven post office open October 5, 1871 and ran to ?, and that Seymour Dye, was first post master.
Business men who used South Haven as their P. O. address as of 1883.
C. H. Bell, Farmer and Stock Raiser, from Iowa, came to county 1873.
J. H. Bateman, Farmer and Stock Raiser, from Ohio, came to county 1873.
Jos. S. Chenoweth, Farmer and Stock Raiser, from Illinois, came to county 1878.
John F. Clark, Farmer and Stock Raiser, from Illinois, came to county 1873.
W. A. Clark, Farmer and Stock Raiser, from Pennsylvania, came to county 1873.
Frank Gott, Farmer and Stock Raiser, from Ohio, came to county 1972.
F. A. Hunt, County Commissioner and Stock Raiser, from West Virginia, came to county 1872.
J. W. Lockman, Farmer and Stock Raiser, from Indiana, came to county 1872.
David D. Moss, Farmer and Stock Raiser, from Tennessee, came to county 1881.
S. C. Noble, Farmer and Stock Raiser, from Kentucky, came to county 1875.
John C. Peckham, Farmer and Stock Raiser, from Ohio, came to county 1877.
C. W. Robinson, Farmer and Stock Raiser, from Ohio, came to county 1873.
A. Shinner, Farmer and Stock Raiser, from New York, came to county 1871.
James Stell, Farmer and Stock Raiser, from England, came to county 1876.
M. L. Trout, Farmer and Stock Raiser, from Ohio, came to county 1878.
L. D. Wilson, Farmer and Stock Raiser, from Pennsylvania, came to county 1873.
South Haven, 1912.
South Haven, one of the incorporated towns of Sumner county, is located in South Haven township, at the junction of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe and the Kansas Southwestern railroads, 14 miles south of Wellington, the county seat. It has a milling company, a bank, numerous retail establishments, telegraph and express offices, and an international money order postoffice with three rural routes. The town was founded in 1872, and the postoffice established that year. The first
postmaster and also the first store-keeper was F. F. Meister. The rail road reached South Haven in 1879 and the town company was formed that year.
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