Byron Post Office Contributed and transcribed by Cousin Don Henkle. ------------------------------------------------------------------- KSGENWEB INTERNET GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY COPYRIGHT NOTICE: In keeping with the KSGenWeb policy of providing free information on the Internet, this data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other gain. Copying of the files within by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged. Any other use, including publication, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission by electronic, mechanical, or other means requires the written approval of the file's author. -------------------------------------------------------------- BYRON Post Office Byron school district #1 was organized in the spring of 1860. The first school board was composed of Asa Whitney, Emoric Chase and W. Evans. The first school was held in a log cabin on the Asa Whitney farm. The first teacher was Miss Emily Winn. Two other teachers in this log school were Mrs. Asa Whitney and Miss Helen S. Miller (Arnold) who was the grandmother of Mrs. Helen S. Bowers of Yates Center. In the forepart of 1869, Samuel Naylor came to Woodson county from Illinois and homesteaded a farm. Less than a year after he settled on his homestead, he established a post office in his home and called it Byron. This was 24 February 1870. Naylor was a carpenter by trade and kept the post office about four years. The Byron postoffice shifted around quite lot from one location to another, part of the time being along the road a couple of miles to the east along what is now U.S. 75 highway, eight miles north of Yates Center. In 1870 the people voted bonds to build a new school house. In 1882 - 1883 the town of Byron is listed 9 miles north and almost 2 miles west of Yates Center. Mail came twice a week, M. Reed was postmaster.