Brown County
Old Post Offices

Taken from "Kansas Post Offices, May 29, 1828-August 3, 1961"
by Robert W. Baughman, published by the Kansas Postal History Society.
Includes every known Brown County, Kansas Post Office.
 These dates of operation can indicate approximately when the town was established and in some cases, when it disappeared.

Post Office	County	Established	Discontinued	Notes
Arnold	Brown	1897-07-27	1898-07-30
Baker	Brown	1882-10-05	1933-11-15
Buncomb	Brown	1870-05-02	1871-11-22	Moved to Saint Francis.
Carson	Brown	1857-12-09	1884-11-26	Name changed from Sawin's Store.
Carson	Brown	1884-12-16	1898-06-30
Claytonville	Brown	1857-08-08	1865-02-07
Claytonville	Brown	1865-03-24	1882-06-09
Cleo	Brown	1885-03-03	1897-09-30
Comet	Brown	1881-03-07	1894-10-31	Moved from Discord.
Coss	Brown	1885-03-09	1887-04-29
Danes Mill	Brown	1879-02-07	1879-02-25	Name changed to Padonia.
Discord	Brown	1874-06-22	1881-03-07	Moved to Comet.
Emmett	Brown	1881-10-03	1882-11-21
Everest	Brown	1882-06-23	Open in 1961	Moved from Eyerton.
Eyerton	Brown	1881-05-03	1882-06-23	Moved to Everest.
Fairview	Brown	1869-03-23	Open in 1961
Fidelity	Nemaha	1890-06-14	1902-05-15	Established in Brown County (site moved).
Frinkville	Brown	1878-02-11	1883-03-06
Germantown	Brown	1897-07-22	1918-07-22	Name changed to Mercier.
Grand Prairie	Brown	1870-07-27	1875-09-22
Grand Prairie	Brown	1875-10-13	1888-04-30
Hamlin	Brown	1857-12-05	1973-04-13
Hiawatha	Brown	1858-07-13	Open in 1961
Horton	Brown	1886-11-15	Open in 1961
Jonesville	Brown	1879-06-20	1885-01-29
Kennekuk	Atchison	1857-06-08	1900-10-20	Established in Brown County.
Mannville	Brown	1871-01-09	1876-07-17
Marak	Brown	1870-08-03	1882-10-05
Mercier	Brown	1918-07-22	1972-09-15	Name changed from Germantown.
Mission Centre	Brown	1877-07-02	1882-06-14	Moved to Willis.
Morrill	Brown	1870-12-14	Open in 1961
Mount Roy	Brown	1857-09-02	1858-07-24
Mount Roy	Brown	1871-12-04	1882-08-24
Netawaka	Jackson	1868-01-20	Open in 1961	Established in Brown County.
New Eureka	Jackson	1858-09-17	1875-01-12	Was also in Brown County for a time. Established in Calhoun County.
Nohart	Brown	1859-03-05	1860-10-10	Post office moved into Nebraska.
Padonia	Brown	1857-10-20	1878-09-26
Padonia	Brown	1879-02-25	1914-03-15	Name changed from Danes Mill.
Padonia	Brown	1914-08-03	1933-05-31
Pierce Junction	Brown	1888-02-25	1914-03-15
Pony Creek	Brown	1858-06-21	1861-09-19
Powhatan	Nemaha	1857-07-17	1867-12-18	Moved to Wetmore. Established in Brown County.
Powhattan	Brown	1887-03-17	Open in 1961
Randall	Brown	1864-03-23	1864-04-02	[Order of change rescinded]
Reserve	Brown	1882-10-05	1983-03-18
Robinson	Brown	1858-06-30	Open in 1961
Saint Francis	Brown	1871-11-22	1872-11-11	Moved from Buncomb.
Sawin's Store	Brown	1857-09-24	1857-12-09	Name changed to Carson.
Springs	Brown	1896-02-20	1902-03-31
Tyler's	Brown	1864-03-23	1878-01-08
Ununda	Brown	1864-03-23	1871-03-20
Willis	Brown	1882-06-14	1960-01-31	Moved from Mission Centre.

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