Places Names

Cities

• Fontana
• Hillsdale
• Louisburg
• Osawatomie
• Spring Hill

Amo (1877-1879)

Antioch (1893-1901): Still features an old school and active Baptist Church. It is situated on 223rd St and Waverly Road.

Beagle (1888-1955): Methodist Church in Beagle, Kansas. A village in the southwestern part of the county, it was on the Missouri Pacific Railroad about 15 miles southwest of Paola. In 1910, it had a money order post office, telegraph, and express offices, a good local retail trade, and a population of 180. A few homes remain in the area today, plus an active Methodist Church.

Block (1884-1904): A hamlet located about eight miles southeast of Paola. Paola was the most convenient railroad station.

Chiles 1891-1943 Elm Grove Baptist Church in Chiles, Kansas. A post-village in the northeastern part of the county was a station on the Missouri Pacific Railroad 11 miles northeast of Paola. In 1910, it had a money-order post office, a telegraph station, and a population of 100. There are still several homes in the area and the active Elm Grove Baptist Church. It is located at W 247th Street and Lackman Road.

Duncan (1900): The post office was open for about ten months.

Indianapolis (1858, 1860-1863): Indianapolis was situated two and one-half miles west of Osawatomie and, in 1858, had a store, a post office, about 12 residences, and a population of 50-60.

Jingo (1885-1902): A hamlet in the southeastern part of the county, it was about ten miles northeast of La Cygne. In 1910 there was a population of 40.

Lento: A Missouri Pacific Railroad station.

Lodi (1867-1888): The post office moved to Saint Louis, which was later called Louisburg.

Lyons/Saint Marysville (1858-1867): In 1857, James Beets and H. L. Lyon surveyed and platted the townsite and called it Saint Marysville. The town soon had two general stores, a hotel, a post office, blacksmith and wagon shops, and a school. The name changed from Saint Marysville to Lyons on February 19, 1859. As the country was settled and railroads built, Lyons was not so fortunate as to be in the course of any railroad. New business centers were established as railroad stations, and the settlement became a deserted village. The post office moved to Tontzville when it closed.

Max (1883-1889)

Miami Village (1856-1870)

Midway (1857-1860)

Mound Creek/Trenton (1876-1894): Mound Creek was situated in Mound Township. The first settlement was made on November 5, 1854, by Thomas and Henderson Rice, and J F. and T. J. Chandler moved in on July 3, 1856. A store was opened on April 5, 1856, by Thomas Rice. The first school taught was by Loyal Bishop, commencing in November 1858, in a log schoolhouse on the farm of Thomas Rice, at whose house Reverend Amos Finch preached the first sermon in 1856. The Society of Friends built a church in the west part of the township in 1858, a commodious frame building, 30?45 feet. There were about 50 members of the society. The Christian Church was organized in September 1860 with six members. The Baptists and Methodists also had organizations, but none of the last three denominations had a church building. The settlement was first called Trenton, and when a post office opened on December 10, 1860, with Henderson Rice as the first Postmaster. At some point, the post office closed and reopened on August 15, 1861. It closed again on September 9, 1862. More than a decade later, another Mound Creek post office was established on March 14, 1876. This name was called such for a peculiar mound in the western part of the settlement. The post office closed for the final time on April 14, 1894.