Rest, Kansas

Rest is an unincorporated community in Wilson County, Kansas, United States.[1]

History

A post office was opened in Rest in 1877, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1955.[2] The community was named by an older settler who intended spend out his years at this locale restfully.[3]

gollark: EnderIO isn't very interesting in my IMO.
gollark: I don't really remember mine as looking different to reality at all, but I read that our impressions/memories of them might be assembled afterwards.
gollark: Your dreams look like that? Weird.
gollark: In 1996, yes.
gollark: Obviously Google logs your history there forever anyway, but at least it isn't associated with your main account such that the recommender algorithm does anything.

References
  1. "Wilson County". Blue Skyways. Kansas State Library. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
  2. "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961". Kansas Historical Society. Archived from the original on October 9, 2013. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
  3. Moyer, Armond; Moyer, Winifred (1958). The origins of unusual place-names. Keystone Pub. Associates. p. 111.



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