Welcome to Risley ...

So far, we found very little information about Risley. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Risley to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Risley - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Risley, please Contact Us.

While we don't have the exact location of Risley , we believe that it would have been located within present day Marion County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Risley, you might consider that their post office opened in 1873.

Time Zone: The area where Risley was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities Also Named Risley ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Risley - they are located in New Jersey and Ohio.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Risley.

Adding Risley to Our Gazetteer ...

As we work on our Gazetteer, we occasionally find mention of a community that is new to us. When we find such a community, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope of adding more information in the future.

The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Risley was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

X2X - From that list, the Risley post office opened in 1873.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Risley.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for State of Kansas: https://portal.kansas.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>	We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Risley, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>	If you're interested in how the shape of Kansas' counties, including Marion, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/