Saturday, December 1, 2012

Guelph Kansas

Sumner County.
Guelph township map, 1883.
 
On the county map Guelph can be found in township 35-south and range 1-east.  On the township map Gurelph can be found in section 1.
 
Guelph Post Office.
 
Open August 26, 1872 and ran to March 26, 1873, closed.
Open June 13, 1873 and ran to Februaru 1, 1881, closed
Open Frbruary 28, 1881 and ran to April 27, 1887, colsed.
Open May 14, 1997 and ran to July 14, 1902.
John Mason was first postmaster.
 
Business men who used Guelph as their P. O. address as of 1883.
 
Charles B. Carson, General Merchant, from Iowa, came to county 1872.
 
August Heuszel, Farmer and Wool grower, from illinois, came to county 1878.
 
John Myers, Farmer and Stock Raiser, from Pennsylvania, came to county 1873
 
Simeon Krout, Farmer and Stock raiser, from Indiana, came to county 1880.
 
A. Kivett, Farmer and Stock Raiser, from North Carolina, came to county 1872.
 
George M. Work, Farmer and Stock Raiser, from North Carolina, came to county 1872.
 
J. R. Work, Farmer and Stock Raiser, from North Carolina, came to county 1872.
 
A. Work, Farmer and Stock Raiser, from North Carolina, came to county 1872.
 
A. T. Williams, Farmer and Stock Raiser, from North Carolina, came to county 1872.
 
J. M. Williams, Farmer and Stock Raiser, from North Carolina, came to county 1872.
 
Guelph Kansas, 1912.

Guelph, a discontinued postoffice in Sumner county, is located in the southeastern corner, 18 miles southeast of  Wellington, the county seat, and 3 miles from Ashton, on the Kansas Southwestern, which is the nearest railroad station and shipping point. It gets its mail by rural delivery from Ashton.

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