Extinct Towns in Pawnee County, Kansas - History and Information

Extinct Towns of Pawnee County, Kansas

Fort Larned, ansas, Harper's Weekly, 1867

Town	Post Office Dates	*Additional Information from Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, 1912, and the Kansas State Historical Society*
Antone	1879-1883
Ash Valley	1877-1908 1922-1941	Located in Ash Creek Valley, about 12 miles northwest of Larned.
Bird Nest	1883-1891
Booth	1881-1884	Moved from Fort Larned.
Conkling	1881-1895
Fort Larned/Pawnee Fork	1859-1881	Name changed from Pawnee Fork in 1866. Moved to Booth in 1881.
Frizell	1904-1933	A money order post-village and station on the Larned & Jetmore division of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad. Located 7 miles west of Larned it had a general store in 1910.
George	1882-1888
Green Ridge	1878-1881
Harmony	1877-1908	It was situated near the northwest corner of the county, about 18 miles from Larned.
Keysville/Ben Wade	1877-1893	Name changed to Ben Wade in 1881. In 1893, moved to Rozel in 1893.
Lanark	1878-1883
Lucas/Marshall	1878-1894	Name changed to Marshall in 1886.
Nixon	1878-1889
Point View	1879-1912	A country post office, it was located 11 miles southeast of Larned.
Proston	1878-1883
Ray	1878-1884, 1889-1929	A small village on the Missouri Pacific Railroad, 8 miles east ofLarned. In 1910, it had a couple of retail stores, two grain elevators, telegraph and express offices and a population of about 60.
Sanford	1909-1954
Saw Mill	1879-1885
Schadel	1914-1915

Compiled by Kathy Weiser/Legends of Kansas, April, 2010.

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