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BARBER COUNTY, KANSAS
CITIES, TOWNS &/OR TOWNSHIPS
Aetna, a village of Barber county, is located near the southwestern corner in Aetna
township, about 30 miles from Medicine Lodge, the county seat. It is connected by stage line with Lake City, which
is the most convenient railroad station. It is a trading center for the neighborhood, has a money order postoffice,
and in 1910 reported a population of 25. (Kansas, Frank W. Blackmar, A. M., Ph. D., Volume 1, 1912, page 24)
Deerhead, a village of Barber county, is located in Deerhead township, about 20
miles west of Medicine Lodge, the county seat, in the Indian creek valley. Lake city, 10 miles north on the Atchison,
Topeka & Santa Fe R. R. is the nearest railroad station. The village has a money order postoffice, is the trading
center for a large agricultural district, and is the headquarters of the "Ranchmen's Telephone Company."
(Kansas, Frank W. Blackmar, A. M., Ph. D., Volume 1, 1912, page 504)
Eagle, a small settlement of Elwood township, Barber county, is situated in the forks
of the Little Mule Creek, about 12 miles southwest of Medicine Lodge, the county seat, and most convenient railroad
station. The people receive mail by rural delivery from Lasswell. (Kansas, Frank W. Blackmar, A. M., Ph. D., Volume
1, 1912, page 556)
Hazelton, one of the incorporated towns of Barber county, is located on the Atchison,
Topeka & Santa Fe and the Missouri Pacific railroads, 18 miles southeast of Medicine Lodge, the county seat.
It has 2 banks, a weekly newspaper (the Herald), 3 churches and a number of mercantile establishment. The town
is supplied with telegraph and express offices and a money order postoffice with two rural routes. The population
in 1910 according to the government census was 350. (Kansas, Frank W. Blackmar, A. M., Ph. D., Volume 1, 1912,
page 833)
Isabel, an incorporated town in Barber county, is located on the Atchison, Topeka
& Santa Fe R. R. 13 miles north of Medicine Lodge, the county seat. It has a bank, a weekly newspaper (the
Herald), over a score of mercantile establishments, express and telegraph offices, and a money order postoffice
with one rural route. The population in 1910 was 222. (Kansas, Frank W. Blackmar, A. M., Ph. D., Volume 1, 1912,
page 944)
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