Do you know of Halcyon ???

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

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

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1886 and closed  in 1895.

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 Halcyon ...

We found five communities that share the name Halcyon.

Within Kansas, the name Halcyon is unique.

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

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Alabama
    • Montgomery County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Halcyon [Montgomery County].
  • California
    • San Luis Obispo County
    • Please visit our profile page for the California community of Halcyon [San Luis Obispo County].
  • Louisiana
    • De Soto Parish
    • Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Halcyon [De Soto Parish].
  • Missouri
    • Dent County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Halcyon [Dent County].
  • West Virginia
    • Logan County
    • Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Halcyon [Logan County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Halcyon ...

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

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 Halcyon - Services available: had a Post Office, Railroad Station

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

More Orphans in  Wichita 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 Wichita County.