Do you know of Fort Leavenworth ???

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

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

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1841.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Fort Leavenworth ...

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

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 Fort Leavenworth - Services available: had a Post Office, Railroad Station, Express Office

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

Rand McNally Map of Kansas (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

The FIPS database contains an entry for Fort Leavenworth.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 20/23950   (Place Name: Fort Leavenworth (U.S. Army))

County: Leavenworth     (FIPS State/County: 20/103)

Class: M1

More Orphans in  Leavenworth 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 Leavenworth County.