Lafontaine, Kansas

Lafontaine is an unincorporated community in Wilson County, Kansas, USA.^[1]

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

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

Municipalities and communities of Wilson County, Kansas, United States

County seat: Fredonia

Cities	Altoona Benedict Buffalo Coyville Fredonia Neodesha New Albany

Unincorporated communities	Buxton Lafontaine Rest Roper Vilas

Townships	Cedar Center Chetopa Clifton Colfax Duck Creek Fall River Guilford Neodesha Newark Pleasant Valley Prairie Talleyrand Verdigris Webster

Coordinates: 37°23′57″N 95°50′43″W / 37.39917°N 95.84528°W / 37.39917; -95.84528

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