Do you know of Goss ???

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

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

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1892 and closed  in 1896.

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 Goss ...

We found six communities that share the name Goss.

Within Kansas, the name Goss is unique.

Beyond Kansas, we know of another six communities that are located throughout in the United States.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Georgia
    • Elbert County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Goss [Elbert County].
  • Louisiana
    • Calcasieu Parish
    • Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Goss [Calcasieu Parish].
    • De Soto Parish
    • Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Goss [De Soto Parish].
  • Mississippi
    • Marion County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Goss [Marion County].
  • Missouri
    • Monroe County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Goss [Monroe County].
  • Oklahoma
    • Atoka County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Goss [Atoka County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Goss ...

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

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 Goss - Services available: had a Railroad Station, no Post Office mentioned

More Orphans in  Harper 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 Harper County.