This will hopefully help you determine what town to look up on a census record, etc.
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Alcona Twp 1879
Post Office 1878 - 1930 First postmaster - Royal W. Barett
Minety PO 1882-1885 First postmaster - Charles Newth
Ash Rock Twp 1878
Post Office 1876 - 1885 First postmaster - Mr. Olds
Mount Pleasant PO 1878
Liberty PO 1878
Spring Branch PO 1878
Belmont Twp 1879 (from Stockton)
Webster PO 1979 First postmaster - John Stephenson
Bradford PO 1879 First postmaster - M. J. Coolbaugh
Bow Creek Twp 1873
Adamson PO 1875 - 1891 First postmaster - Daniel White
Slate PO 1880 - 1903 First postmaster - Lewis K. Meyers
Portage PO 1880 - 1892 First postmaster - Clark P. Riley
Corning Twp 1879
Eagle Creek PO1878 - 1884 First postmaster - Samuel N. Prichard
Laton PO 1884 - 1904 First postmaster - Chris C. Hall
(Laton is also known as Eagle Creek)
Hoskins PO 1880 - 1888 First postmaster - J. L. Hoskins
Motor PO 1888 -
Natoma PO 1904 - First postmaster - Charles McFadden
Fairview Twp 1924 (from Walton Twp.)
Amboy PO 1882 - 1894 First postmaster - William P. Baker
Palco PO 1894 - (also known as Cresson) (See Northampton Township Below for links)
Farmington Twp 1878 (from Bow Creek Twp.)
Rockport PO 1873 - 1905 First postmaster - J. T. Stroup
Earnest PO 1882 - 1889 First postmaster - John L. Bearnes
Frankton (defunct)
Greenhill Twp 1879
Hobart Twp 1879
PO 1879 - 1884 First postmaster - Asa Bullock
Iowa Twp 1879
Lanark Twp 1879 (from Farmington Twp)
Vertner PO 1879 - 1880 First postmaster - Vertner J. Megowan
Logan Twp 1880
Chandler PO 1880 - 1892 First postmaster - Benjamin Hill
Zurich PO 1880 - First postmaster - Amanda Webb
Lowell Twp 1879
Rooks Centre PO 1872 - 1886 First postmaster - John Shorthill
Raceburg PO 1875 - 1886 First postmaster - George Race
Medicine Twp 1879
Igo PO 1877 - 1904 First postmaster - Frank Gager
Survey PO 1880 - 1890 First postmaster - Dave Sollenbarger
Letts PO 1904 - 1904 First postmaster - Daniel C. Worden
Northampton Twp 1879
Cresson PO 1879 - ? First postmaster - William J McLaughlin
Palco PO 1888 - ? First postmaster - Elijah S. Beavers
Palco Public Library Palco
Earthquake
Villisca PO 1880 - 1881 First postmaster - Dennis Eddy
Paradise Twp
Codell PO 1889 - ? First postmaster - Jasper Parks
Florreyville PO 1875 - 1879 First postmaster - Andrew J. Florey
Motor PO 1879 - 1889 First postmaster - Jasper Parks
Plainville Twp 1879 Incorporated 1888
Plainville PO 1878 First postmaster - W. I. Griffin
Plainville Public Library
Plainville Times 400 W. Mills, Plainville, KS 785-434-4519
McHale PO 1880 - 1891 First postmaster - James McDonald
Richland Twp 1880
Enfield PO 1888 - 1894 First postmaster - Charles F. Budd
Damar
PO 1894 - First postmaster - Fred Hamilton
(Damar is also known as Enfield)
Gould City - defunct
Rush Twp 1880
Webster PO 1882 - 1953 First postmaster - Hiram L. Oyer (Webster is also known as Belmont)
Stockton Twp 1878 (also known as Stock Town)
Stockton PO 1872 (first post office in county!) First postmaster - John O'Brien
Stockton Public Library
Stockton Schools
Stockton Sentinel 414 Main, Stockton, KS 785-425-6354
Cedar PO 1874 - 1874 First postmaster - Abraham F. Surfus
Ash Grove PO 1876 - 1880 First postmaster - William B. Fulkerson
Sugar Loaf Twp 1880
PO 1878 - 1904 First postmaster - Charles H. Dewey
Walton Twp 1879
Woodston Twp 1885 Incorporated 1902 (also known as Rooks Centre)
PO 1886 First postmaster - James Wilson
High Hill (defunct)
Nyra (defunct)
The following towns/cities are listed as still being populated:
Codell
Damar
Laton
Palco
Plainville
Stockton
Webster
Woodston
Zurich
Brenda Reeder Rooks County Coordinator