Do you know of Lafayette ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Lafayette. 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 Lafayette.
Our sources for Lafayette (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 Lafayette other than they indicate that Lafayette would be found somewhere in Stevens County, Kansas.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1887 and closed in 1916.
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 Lafayette ...
We found 38 communities that share the name Lafayette.
There is one other community in Kansas which is also named Lafayette.
Beyond Kansas, we know of another 37 communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Kansas ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Chambers County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Lafayette [Chambers County].
- California
- Contra Costa County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Lafayette [Contra Costa County].
- Colorado
- Boulder County
- Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Lafayette [Boulder County].
- Florida
- Leon County
- Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Lafayette [Leon County].
- Georgia
- Walker County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Lafayette [Walker County].
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Tippecanoe County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Lafayette [Tippecanoe County].
- Iowa
- Kentucky
- Christian County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Lafayette [Christian County].
- Louisiana
- Maryland
- Michigan
- Gratiot County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Lafayette [Gratiot County].
- Kent County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Lafayette [Kent County].
- Minnesota
- Nicollet County
- Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Lafayette [Nicollet County].
- Missouri
- New Jersey
- Sussex County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Lafayette [Sussex County].
- New York
- Onondaga County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Lafayette [Onondaga County].
- North Carolina
- Ohio
- Allen County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Lafayette [Allen County].
- Hancock County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Lafayette [Hancock County].
- Holmes County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Lafayette [Holmes County].
- Madison County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Lafayette [Madison County].
- Medina County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Lafayette [Medina County].
- Oklahoma
- Haskell County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Lafayette [Haskell County].
- Oregon
- Yamhill County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Lafayette [Yamhill County].
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- Washington County
- Please visit our profile page for the Rhode Island community of Lafayette [Washington County].
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Virginia
- Montgomery County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Lafayette [Montgomery County].
- Orange County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Lafayette [Orange County].
- West Virginia
- Alabama
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Lafayette ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Lafayette:
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 Lafayette - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
Rand McNally Map of Kansas (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
More Orphans in Stevens 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 Stevens County.
| Archer | |
| Niagara | |
| Ceredo | |
| Clarence | Pearl City |
| Cooperville | |
| Stevens | |
| Dermot | |
| Traver | |
| Ematon | |
| Valparaiso | |
| Feterita | |
| Waterford | |
| Harmony | Wilson |
| Woodsdale | |
| Ion | |
| Zella | |
| Macon | Znojmo |
| Moonlight |
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Lafayette could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |