Ransomville, Kansas

Ransomville is an unincorporated community in Franklin County, Kansas, in the United States.

History

Ransomville was named for J. H. Ransom, who founded the first store around which the town was built up.^[1]

A post office was opened in Ransomville in 1881, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1915.^[2]

References

↑ Blackmar, Frank Wilson (1912). Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Volume 2. Standard Publishing Company. p. 549.
↑ "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961 (archived)". Kansas Historical Society. Retrieved 10 June 2014.

Municipalities and communities of Franklin County, Kansas, United States

County seat: Ottawa

Cities	Lane Ottawa Pomona Princeton Rantoul Richmond Wellsville Williamsburg

Unincorporated communities	Centropolis Homewood Imes LeLoup Norwood Peoria Ransomville Richter

Ghost town	Minneola Silkville

Townships	Appanoose Centropolis Cutler Franklin Greenwood Harrison Hayes Homewood Lincoln Ohio Ottawa Peoria Pomona Pottawatomie Richmond Williamsburg

Coordinates: 38°30′23″N 95°25′33″W / 38.50639°N 95.42583°W / 38.50639; -95.42583