Welcome to Bissell ...
So far, we found very little information about Bissell. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Bissell to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Bissell - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Bissell, please Contact Us.
While we don't have the exact location of Bissell , we believe that it would have been located within present day Republic County<2>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Bissell, you might consider that their post office opened in 1895.
The location where Bissell once stood is in the (785) area code.
Communities Also Named Bissell ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 11 communities that are also named Bissell - they are located in Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Illinois, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, Oregon, Pennsylvania (2) and Texas.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Bissell.
Adding Bissell to Our Gazetteer ...
As we work on our Gazetteer, we occasionally find mention of a community that is new to us. When we find such a community, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope of adding more information in the future.
The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Bissell was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>
From that list, the Bissell post office opened in 1895.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Bissell.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of Kansas: https://portal.kansas.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Bissell, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Kansas' counties, including Republic, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |