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Hayes County Resources

Hayes County Records

Hayes County Towns and Places

Created by legislative enactment February 19, 1877. Named in honor of Rutherford B. Hayes (1822-93), US president from 1877 to 1881.
  • Cactus
    Post office established July 25, 1890; discontinued June 19, 1895. Named for desert cactus growing in the region.
  • Carrico
    Post office established July 13, 1896; discontinued May 15, 1914. Probably named for a local settler.
  • Catherine
    Post office moved from Chase County August 7, 1891; moved to Chase County September 3, 1896. See Catherine, Chase County.
  • Eddy
    Post office established October 18, 1888; discontinued March 15, 1912. Origin of the name not learned. First postmaster was Harvey Harman.
  • Elmer
    Post office established December 8, 1887; discontinued June 8, 1895. Origin of the name is unknown. First postmaster was Andrew McCutchen.
  • Estelle
    Post office established October 31, 1881; discontinued December 19, 1891. Origin of the name not determined. Estelle lost in county seat election with Hayes Center January 10, 1885.
  • Galena
    Post office established September 24, 1886; discontinued April 29, 1916. Probably named for Galena Illinois, or for Galena, Kansas, both lead mining centers. Galena is natural lead sulfide.
  • Hamlet
    Peak population (1940), 220. Post office name changed from Hudson October 31, 1904. Name changed because another post office within state was called Hudson. The new name chosen by the residents signified a small town.
  • Hayes Center
    Peak popultaion (1950), 361. Post office established July 10, 1885. Named for the county, Hayes Center won county seat in election with La Forest and Estelle January 10, 1885. Located in the centeer of the county.
  • Highland
    Post office established April 26, 1888; discontinued May 15, 1903. Named for a high elevation.
  • Hope
    Post office established February 16, 1888; discontinued May 11, 1905. Origin of the name not learned.
  • Hudson
    Post office establisheed February 21, 1890; name changed to Hamlet October 31, 1904. Origin of the name not learned.
  • La Forest
    Post office established December 16, 1884; moved to Hayes Center July 10, 1885. First county seat, named in honor of La Forest Dyer, first postmaster. Buildings were moved to Hayes Center, which won county seat away from La Forest in election.
  • Lucille
    Post office established April 26, 1890; discontinued January 26, 1904. Origin of the name not determined. First postmaster was Alfred Plunkett.
  • Marengo
    Post office established May 23, 1891; discontinued 1935. Probably named for a Marengo in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Ohio, or Wisconsin.
  • McNaughton
    Post office established February 15, 1881; discontinued July 11, 1883. Origin of the name has not been learned.
  • Morris
    Post office established August 4, 1898; discontinued January 12, 1903. Origin of the name not learned.
  • Norris
    Post office established December 5, 1904; moved to Frontier County June 20, 1907; moved from Frontier County November 15, 1927; discontinued 1928. Named in honor of Nebraska Senator George W. Norris (1861-1944).
  • Rain
    Post office established December 18, 1894; discontinued December 31, 1919. Named during dry season when religious and other organizations held meetings to pray for rain, C. B. French, minister of the Church of Christ and the first postmaster, suggested Rain to remind patrons of the devastating drouth.
  • Robert
    Post office established February 26, 1901; discontinued February 15, 1930.
  • Strickland
    Post office established August 16, 1887; discontinued May 31, 1926. Origin of the name not learned.
  • Sullivan
    Post office established May 12, 1891; discontinued July 26, 1893. Probably named in honor of Patrick E. Sullivan, first postmaster.
  • Thornburg
    Post office established July 8, 1881; moved to Frontier County September 21, 1888; moved from Frontier County September 21, 1924; discontinued December 15, 1924. Named for the precinct. Origin of the name is unknown.
  • White
    Census not avaliable. Post office established December 29, 1904; discontinued 1939. Former hamlet named in honor of Arthur White, early homesteader.