Often towns were formed when the railroad pushed westward, only to die later.

Photo taken west of Hays, 1867 by Alexander Gardner.

Vincent - This small village got its start in 1907 when several families of the St. Fidelis Church in Victoria, desired to have a church nearer to their farms. Twenty-two families were in favor of the movement and the new settlement was named for the first parish priest, Vincent Brandt, who moved from there in 1909. In the meantime, the residents worked on building the St. Bonifatius Church, as well as a school, and a grocery stores was moved there from Pfeifer. By the time the church was completed; however, only seven families remained. Today, the remote church, which calls itself the "Pearl of the Prairie," is still open. Only a few houses make up the village today. It is located about seven miles southeast of Victoria.

Yocemento - Founded in 1906 by the U.S. Portland Cement Company as the future site of a cement plant, the town site was platted in 1907 and its post office opened in March of the same year. Fifteen months later, in mid-1908, the plant was operational with most of its common laborers being Hungarians. These men and their families were mostly Catholic and at first, held services in their homes. However, in 1906 they built a frame church on a site west of the first bend of Big Creek. In 1910, the small community had a general store, a hotel, a restaurant, and a post office. Situated on the Union Pacific Railroad, some shipping was also conducted. It had a population of about 75 people at the time. Unfortunately, by 1917, the cement plant was losing money and they went into bankruptcy. The equipment and mill were sold to a Denver competitor.  Without work, almost all of the Hungarian population moved from the area, though some Germans and Russians remained. Its post office closed in February, 1917. Without a congregation the church was abandoned and later moved to Buckey in 1931, where it was used as a community hall. The old town site is located about six miles northwest of Hays, Kansas on U.S. Highway 40.