Kansas Towns Starting With The Letter A.

Aleppo, a small hamlet of Sedgwick county, is situated about 15 miles west of Wichita, the county seat, and 5 miles northwest of Goddard, from which place the inhabitants receive mail by rural free delivery. Goddard is the most convenient railroad station.  Postoffice opened May 26, 1891 and ran to December 14, 1903.

Alida, a little village of Geary county, is in Smoky Hill township, and is a station on the Union Pacific R. R., 8 miles west of Junction City, the county seat. It has a money order postoffice, a telegraph office, and is a trading and shipping point for that section of the county. The population in 1910 was 48.   Post office was established in Davis county and moved to Geary county, opened June 13, 1870 and ran to April 15, 1939.

America City, a hamlet of Nemaha county, is located in Red Vermillion township on the Red Vermillion river, 23 miles south of Seneca, the county seat, and 6 miles from Havensville. from which place they receives daily mail. An act incorporating this little town was approved by the territorial legislature on Feb. 14, 1867. The corporate limits included 380 acres of land. A store was opened in 1861 and a Methodist church built. In 1910 it reported a population of 30.  Post office opened June 12, 1860 and ran to February 15, 1923.

Angelas, a village of Solomon township, Sheridan county, is situated on the Saline river, about 20 miles southwest of Hoxie, the county seat It is a rural postofifice, with a population of 30, and is a trading center  for that part of the county. Campus and Grinnell, on the LTnion Pacific,  are the nearest railroad stations.

Anness, a money order postqfifice of Sedgwick county, is in Erie township, some 30 miles southwest of Wichita and not far from the Sumner county line. It is a station on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa
Fe R. R., that runs from Wichita to Englewood, has a grain elevator, an express office, and through its retail stores supplies the people of that section with staple articles. The population was reported as 70
in 1910.  Post office was moved from Kalamazoo to Anness, opened February 25, 1887 and ran to January 31, 1952.

Antelope, a small village of Marion county, is located in Clear Creek township, and is a station on the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific R. R., 7 miles northeast of Marion, the county seat. It has a money order postofifice, express and telegraph offices, and although the population was only 53 in 1910 it has a good retail trade and does some shipping.  Post office opened July 25, 1870 and ran to June 20, 1988.

Antonino, a post-village of Ellis county, is situated in the Smoky Hill valley about 8 miles soirthwest of Hays, the county seat. It is a small hamlet and receives mail tri-weekly. Hays is the most convenient railroad station.  Post office opened May 7, 1905 and ran to February 6, 1984.

Antrim, a small hamlet of Stafford county, is within a short distance of the Pratt county line, about 8 miles south of St. John, the county seat and most convenient railroad station, from which mail is
received by rural free delivery.  Postoffice was established in Pratt county, moved to Antrim, opened July 10, 1887 and ran to February 14, 1906.

Aral, a little hamlet of Butler county, is about 20 miles southwest of Eldorado, the county seat, and 3 miles from Rose Hill, from which place mail is received by rural free delivery.  Post office opened April 7, 1880 and ran to September 30, 1902.

Arispie, a hamlet of Pottawatomie county, is located 9 miles east of Westmoreland, the county seat, and 7 miles southwest of Onaga, from which place it receives daily mail.  Post office opened June 2, 1871 and ran to June 29, 1895, closed and reopened August 15, 1895 and ran to February 28, 1903.

Arkalon, an international money order postoffice of Seward county, is situated in Fargo township at the point where the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific R. R. crosses the Cimarron river, 13 miles northeast of Liberal, the county seat. Although the population is small, Arkalon is an important shipping point, especially for grain and live stock.  Postoffice opened May 7, 1888 and ran to november 15, 1929.

Arnold, a money order postoffice of Ness county, is a station on the Missouri Pacific R. R., in Ohio township, about 15 miles northwest of Ness City, the county seat. It has an express office and is a
shipping and supply point for that part of the county in which it is located. In 1910 it had a population of 75.  Post office opened June 7, 1902 and ran to ?

Arrington, a village of Atchison county, is situated in the southwest corner on the Leavenworth, Kansas & Western railroad, about 25 miles southwest of Atchison. It is the supply and shipping point for a considerable territory, has a money order postoffice, express and telegraph  facilities, several general stores, a school, and in 1910 had a population of 210.  Post office opened June 24, 1862 and ran to March 20, 1868.  The town was first called Arrington, the name was changed to Arington, Post office reopened November 30, 1868 and ran to September 15, 1879.

Ashcroft, a hamlet of Jefferson county, is near the northern boundary on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe R. R., about 4 miles from Valley Falls, and 12 miles from Oskaloosa, the county seat. It is supplied with mail by rural route from Nortonville.  Post office opened June 29, 1898 and ran to December 20, 1900.

Asherville, one of the thriving little towns of Mitchell county, is located on the Solomon river and on the Union Pacific R. R. in Asherville township, 10 miles southeast of Beloit. It has a money order post
office with one rural route, telegraph and express offices. The population in 1910 was 125. Asherville was the first postoffice in the county and also had the first store, established in 1867, by Hon. John Rees.  Post office opened November 15, 1869 and ran to March 28, 1980.

Ash Valley, a rural hamlet of Pawnee count}-, is in the township of the same name, in Ash creek valley, about 12 miles northwest of Larned, the county seat, with which it is connected by stage, and from which it receives mail.  Post office opened June 11, 1877 and ran to August 15, 1908.  Closed and was reopened May 15, 1922 and ran to January 15, 1941.

Atwater, a rural post-hamlet of Meade county, is located on a little tributary of Crooked creek, about 13 miles south of Meade, the county seat and most convenient railroad station.  Post office opened May 1, 1888 and ran to May 31, 1895, closed and was reopen December 9, 1905 and ran to May 15, 1912.

Aulne, a money order postoffice of Marion county, is in Wilson township, and is a station on the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific R. R. 6 miles south of Marion, the county seat. It has a good local trade, does considerable shipping, and in 1910 reported a population of 150.  Post office opened August 19, 1887 and ran to February 28, 1954.

Austin, a station on the Missouri, Kansas & Texas R. R., in Neosho county, is located in Canville township, 11 miles northwest of Erie, the county seat, and 4 miles from Chanute from whence it receives mail daily by rural delivery.  Post office opened January 17, 1870 and ran to August 16, 1870, closed and was reopen October 22, 1874 and ran to November 30, 1895, closed and was reopen April 1, 1896 and ran to September 14, 1905.

Avery, a rural hamlet of Reno county, is situated on Peace creek, about 20 miles northwest of Hutchinson, the county seat. The inhabitants receive mail by rural free delivery from Sterling, Rice county, which is the nearest railroad station.  Post office opened February 16, 1885 and ran to July 31, 1901.

Avoca, a hamlet of Jackson county, is located near the west line of the county, II miles southwest of Holton, the county seat. It receives its mail from Soldier.  Post office opened January 31, 1871 and ran to May 31, 1907.