Ransomville, Kansas

History

Ransomville was named for J. H. Ransom, who founded the first store around which the town was built up.[1]

A post office was opened in Ransomville in 1881, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1915.[2]

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References

  1. Blackmar, Frank Wilson (1912). Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Volume 2. Standard Publishing Company. pp. 549.
  2. "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961 (archived)". Kansas Historical Society. Archived from the original on October 9, 2013. Retrieved 10 June 2014.



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