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Do you know of Magda ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Magda. 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 Magda.<1>

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

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1890 and closed  in 1904.

Communities Also Named Magda ...

We found one communities that share the name Magda.

Within Kansas, the name Magda is unique.

Beyond Kansas, there is another community also named Magda in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Louisiana
      • Rapides Parish
      • Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Magda [Rapides Parish].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Magda ...

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

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

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

More Orphans in  Lyon 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 Lyon County.

Air 
AldaIvy
Allen Station 
AltonJoy
Attica 
 Kansas Center
Badger Creek 
BennettLakeview Heights
Breckenridge CenterLine
Buena Vista 
 Maxson
Central CityMenda
ChesterfieldMillerburg
ChicagoMillsburg
Columbia 
ComiskeyPatty's Mills
Cottonwood StationPhillip's Ranche
CrawfordPittsburg
Cross 
 Quincy
Dell 
Dow CreekRussell
  
EadsSabbatarian Settlement
Eagle CityShennandoah
Eagle CreekSonora
EastviewSpringville
ElcoSterry
Elm CreekStotler
EwingStringtown
  
FactoryvilleToledo
Florence 
Foster SpringsWaterloo
FrederickWaushara
FremontWeeks Station
 Wiggam
Hail PointWithington's
HarrisburgWyola
Highland Park 
Ho-Tun-Gah-To-MoZenneth
Horton 

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/









 

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