Kansas Gazetteers • FamilySearch

Several helpful guides to place-names in Kansas have been published, including:

Rydjord, John. Kansas Place-Names. Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press, 1972. (Family History Library book 978.1 E2r.)
Baughman, Robert W. Kansas Post Offices, May 29, 1828-Aug. 3, 1961. Topeka, Kansas: Kansas Postal History Society, 1961. (Family History Library book 978.1 E8b.)
Some Lost Towns of Kansas: and Extinct Geographical Locations. N.p.: Reprint of Kansas Historical Collections, vol. 12. (Family History Library film 874251 item 3.)

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