Lafontaine, Kansas

History

Lafontaine was founded in 1879.[2]

The Missouri Pacific Railroad was built through Lafontaine in 1886.[2][3]

A post office was opened in Lafontaine in 1879, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1991.[4]

References
  1. "Wilson County". Blue Skyways. Kansas State Library. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
  2. Blackmar, Frank Wilson (1912). Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Volume 2. Standard Publishing Company. pp. 92.
  3. Gannett, Henry (1898). A Gazetteer of Kansas. Govt. Print. Off. p. 127.
  4. "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961". Kansas Historical Society. Archived from the original on 9 October 2013. Retrieved 20 June 2014.


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