Post Offices in Decatur County KS

The following information was taken from Robert W. Baughman's Kansas Post Offices, May 29, 1828-August 3, 1961, published by the Kansas Postal History Society, an affiliate of the Kansas State Historical Society. For a listing of all counties check out the following link: The Kansas Post Offices Database

Post Office	First Postmasters	Established	Discontinued	Name Changed
Allison	Chauncey D. Wheelock	Dec. 20, 1880	Nov. 15, 1919	From Toiyabe
Altory	Lewis C. Johnson	Sept. 13, 1881	April 2, 1887	To Kanona
Bassettville	Noah Bradley	July 30, 1879	November 30, 1908
Borin	Asa L. Marcellus	April 5, 1892	July 16, 1898
Cedar Bluffs	Josephus Dimmick	Dec. 4, 1873	August 31, 1958
Connersville	Frank Kimball	April 21, 1875	March 5, 1883
Decatur	Frank T. Webber	June 22, 1874	June 30, 1897
Decatur Centre	William H. Wilson	July 7, 1879	Oct. 18, 1880	To Rufo
Diggs	John Bennett	Sept. 12, 1884	May 21, 1886
Dresden	Earnest G. Bacon	Oct. 3, 1888	Present
Hawkeye	Charles Breithaupt	Nov 17, 1879	Nov 30, 1896
Hooker	Jas. B. Hendershott	April 30, 1880	Oct. 31, 1907	From St. John
Jackson	William Tennant	May 7, 1879	April 20, 1889
Jennings	Warren Jennings	Oct. 15, 1879	Present
Kanona	Levi E. Kindig	April 2, 1887	March 31, 1955	From Altory
Keith	Lew W. Colvin	Jan. 26, 1895	Oct. 31, 1899
Leoville	John S. Schandler	Nov. 21, 1923	July 1, 1980
Lund	Daniel Boughman	June 30, 1892	Dec. 14, 1907
Lyle	Samuel Andrews	June 6, 1877	Jan. 2, 1907
Mendota	John L. Masterson	April 29, 1873	Nov. 13, 1873
Norcatur	Jonathan D. Riggs	Oct. 30, 1885	Present
Oberlin	John A. Rodehaver	April 22, 1878	Present	From Sappa
Plato	William Ackerman	Dec. 13, 1880	April 27, 1883
Rufo	John R. Saxton	Oct. 18, 1880	Aug. 1, 1881	From Decatur Centre
Ruth	James W. Mahannah	Jan. 7, 1895	Jan. 30, 1904
Saint John	Jacob J. Keefer	March 14, 1879	April 30, 1880	Hooker
Sappa	Charles A. Stowell	April 29, 1873	April 22, 1878	To Oberlin
Sheffield	Wilbur L. Barr	Oct. 3, 1881	Dec. 1, 1881	Est. in Sheridan Co.
		June 14, 1882	Dec 20, 1887
Shibboleth	Isaac L. Peck	Sept. 15, 1875	Dec. 31, 1904
Slab City	Walter W. Hopkins	Oct. 22, 1874	Oct. 15, 1879	To Jennings
Stephen	Nelson W. Strong	May 23, 1883	Sept. 20, 1888
Sykes	Ransom T. Sykes	Nov. 18, 1881	Jan. 8, 1883
Toiyabe	Benjamin Decker	Feb. 11, 1879	Dec. 20, 1880	To Allison
Traer	Jesse W. Crouse	June 25, 1883
Vallonia	Henry C. Miller	July 2, 1879	April 26, 1887

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