Vilas, Kansas

Vilas is an unincorporated community in Wilson County, Kansas, in the United States.^[1]

History

Vilas had its start in the year 1886 by the building of the railroad through that territory.^[2]

Vilas had a post office from the 1880s until 1954.^[3]

References

↑ "Wilson County". Blue Skyways. Kansas State Library. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
↑ Blackmar, Frank Wilson (1912). Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Volume 2. Standard Publishing Company. p. 846.
↑ "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°39′15″N 95°35′11″W / 37.65417°N 95.58639°W / 37.65417; -95.58639

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