Do you know of Madeline ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Madeline. 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 Madeline.<1>
Our sources for Madeline (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 Madeline other than they indicate that Madeline would be found somewhere in Wichita County, Kansas.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1888 and closed in 1891.
Communities Also Named Madeline ...
We found three communities that share the name Madeline.
Within Kansas, the name Madeline is unique.
Beyond Kansas, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Lassen County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Madeline [Lassen County].
- South Carolina
- Marlboro County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Madeline [Marlboro County].
- West Virginia
- Raleigh County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Madeline [Raleigh County].
- California
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Madeline ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Madeline:
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 Madeline - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
More Orphans in Wichita 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 Wichita County.
| Ainsworth | Letts |
| Carwood | Marydele |
| Conquest | Meryoile |
| Elber City | Proof |
| Eujatah | |
| Saint Theresa | |
| Farmer City | Squatters Town |
| Halcyon | Tuell |
| Henderson | |
| Washburn | |
| Keppel | White Woman Creek |
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |