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NORTH LYON CO. POST OFFICES
(In order of year established)
Miller, Ks.Territory Feb. 26, 1855 – Feb. 12, 1856. 1 (established the same day as Allen) Probably located on the Santa Fe Trail, at A. I. Baker’s Rock Creek trading post. (See Agnes City.)
Allen Feb. 26, 1855 – Oct. 28, 1856, reestablished Feb. 19, 1857 – present. Originally at 142-Mile Creek on the Santa Fe Trail, moved to present town site in 1886.
Agnes City Nov.1, 1856 Located on the Santa Fe Trail at A. I. Baker’s Rock Creek trading post. National Archives show the post office at Agnes City was established in Wise (now Morris) County Nov. 1, 1856, then transferred to Breckinridge Co. where it was established in 1856.2 It was probably discontinued after July 3, 1862 when Baker was murdered and Agnes City burned.
Americus post office name changes: Orleans Aug. 8, 1857, renamed Americus 1859, renamed Sheridan 1864, renamed Americus 1866 – present.
Waterloo 1858 – 1874 Waterloo Inn owner Wm. H. Mickel appointed postmaster June 30, 1858. Located southwest of Miller, on the Burlingame Road, just NE of 142-Mile Creek.
Waushara 1858 – 1862, 1863 – 1864, 1864 – 1895 On the Santa Fe Trail, 5 miles west of the Lyon/Osage Co. line, 3/4 mile south of the Lyon/Wabaunsee Co. line.
Fremont 1860 – 1867, 1870 – 1873, 1876 – 1878 3 miles east and 2 miles south of Americus.
Reading 1870 – present
Bunker Hill 1870 – 1870, renamed Ivy 1871 – 1896 3 miles east and 1 mile south of Admire.
Agnes City (on Bluff Creek) June 15, 1871 – June 6, 1891 Taking the township name, this PO served the rural area north of present-day Bushong.
Badger Creek 1873 – 1896 Southwest of Reading, 2 miles east of Lang.
Dow Creek 1873 – 1874 10 miles west and 1 mile north of Reading.
Foster Springs 1878 – 1879 Southeast of Bushong
Air 1880 – 1900 3 1/2 mi. N and 1 1/2 m. W of Miller
Stotler 1880 – 1901 A rural community northeast of Miller was named Stotler after Jacob Stotler of Emporia who was helpful in establishing the post office. The post office was located in private homes, and was discontinued when rural routes were commenced in 1901 from Osage City.
Dell 1881 – 1890 3 1/2 miles east and 3 1/2 miles north of Americus
Trail March 3, 1882 – June 2, 1887 1 mi. north and 3 mi. west of Allen.
Hortonburg 1882 – 1900, renamed Lang 1900 – 1924. Located on the AT&SF Railroad between Emporia and Reading.
Admire 1886 – present
Miller had a series of post offices 1886 – 1959
Bushong Jan. 31, 1887 – 1984
Comiskey 1887 – 1911, 1912 – 1929 Located at the west county line with its railroad station on the Lyon County side, and the small town with its PO across the line in Morris County.
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SOURCES
- Arthur Inghram Baker: Frontier Kansan, by Wm. M. Shimeall, 1978, courtesy Lyon County Historical Society Archives, Emporia, KS.
- The Two Agnes Citys, by Nelloise Jackson
http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=KS&county=Lyon
The Emporia News, Oct. 8, 1859. “The number of Post Offices in Breckenridge county is eleven, as follows: Emporia, Italia (Neosho Rapids), Forest Hill, Plymouth, Toledo, Waterloo, Waushara, Allen, Agnes City, Americus and Dacorah.”
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