Do you know of Gilfillan ???This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Gilfillan. 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 Gilfillan.<1> Our sources for Gilfillan (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 Gilfillan other than they indicate that Gilfillan would be found somewhere in Bourbon County, Kansas. From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1882 and closed in 1902. Communities Also Named Gilfillan ...We found one communities that share the name Gilfillan. Within Kansas, the name Gilfillan is unique. Beyond Kansas, there is another community also named Gilfillan in the United States.
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Gilfillan ...We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Gilfillan: Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2> Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Gilfillan - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned Rand McNally Map of Kansas (1911)
More Orphans in Bourbon 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 Bourbon County. Footnotes ...
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