Welcome to Little River ...
So far, we found very little information about Little River. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Little River to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Little River - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Little River, please Contact Us.
While we don't have the exact location of Little River , we believe that it would have been located within present day McPherson County<2>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Little River, you might consider that their post office opened in 1875.
A typical abbreviation for Little River: Little Riv.
Little River would have been located in the (620) area code.
Communities Also Named Little River ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Kansas communities named Little River: This one is located in McPherson County and the other is located in Rice County.
Beyond Kansas, there are 30 communities that are also named Little River - they are located in Alabama (2), Arkansas (2), British Columbia, California, Connecticut, Florida (2), Georgia, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, North Carolina (2), Nova Scotia (3), South Carolina, Tennessee (3), Texas, Virginia and Yukon.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Little River.
Adding Little River 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 Little River was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>
From that list, the Little River post office opened in 1875.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Little River.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for McPherson County: www.mcphersoncountyks.us/
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 Little River, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Kansas' counties, including McPherson, 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/ |