Do you know of Staples ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Staples. 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 Staples.

Our sources for Staples (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Staples other than they indicate that Staples would be found somewhere in Kiowa County, Kansas.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1889 and closed  in 1905.

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 Staples ...

We found four communities that share the name Staples.

Within Kansas, the name Staples is unique.

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

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Louisiana
    • Caddo Parish
    • Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Staples [Caddo Parish].
  • Minnesota
    • Todd County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Staples [Todd County].
  • Ontario
    • Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Staples.
  • Texas
    • Guadalupe County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Staples [Guadalupe County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Staples ...

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

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

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Staples - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

More Orphans in  Kiowa County ...

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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 Kiowa County.