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This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Colokan. 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 Colokan.<1>

Our sources for Colokan (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 Colokan other than they indicate that Colokan would be found somewhere in Greeley County, Kansas.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1886 and closed  in 1892.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Colokan ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

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

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

More Orphans in  Greeley 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 Greeley County.

Ainsworth 
 Pickwick
Belgica 
 Reid City
CappaquaRied City
Chappaqua 
 Saint Paul
GreeleySidney
  
HectorThelma
Hurt 
 Underwood
Locust 
LombardYoungsville

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/