Do you know of Evanston ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Evanston. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Evanston.

We found mention of Evanston as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Leavenworth County, Kansas.

It's common that the post office is named the same as the community in which it's located (although that's not always case). In this case, we can't match this post office to any of the existing communities in our gazetteer.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1898 and closed  in 1902.

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.

Communities Also Named Evanston ...

We found fifteen communities that share the name Evanston.

Within Kansas, the name Evanston is unique.

Beyond Kansas, we know of another fifteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these fifteen communities, fourteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Colorado
    • Weld County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Evanston [Weld County].
  • Georgia
    • Columbia County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Evanston [Columbia County].
  • Illinois
    • Cook County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Evanston [Cook County].
  • Indiana
    • Spencer County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Evanston [Spencer County].
  • Iowa
    • Webster County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Evanston [Webster County].
  • Kentucky
    • Breathitt County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Evanston [Breathitt County].
  • Mississippi
    • George County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Evanston [George County].
  • Missouri
    • Clay County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Evanston [Clay County].
  • Nova Scotia
    • Please visit our profile page for the Nova Scotia community of Evanston.
  • Ohio
    • Franklin County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Evanston [Franklin County].
    • Hamilton County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Evanston [Hamilton County].
    • Miami County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Evanston [Miami County].
  • Tennessee
    • Hancock County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Evanston [Hancock County].
    • Warren County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Evanston [Warren County].
  • Wyoming
    • Uinta County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Wyoming community of Evanston [Uinta County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Evanston ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Evanston:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

More Orphans in  Leavenworth County ...

Can you help?

As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Leavenworth County.