Vilas, Kansas

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

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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]

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References

  1. "Vilas, Kansas", Geographic Names Information System , United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior
  2. Blackmar, Frank Wilson (1912). Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Volume 2. Standard Publishing Company. pp.  846.
  3. "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961". Kansas Historical Society. Archived from the original on October 9, 2013. Retrieved June 20, 2014.

Further reading

37°39′15″N95°35′11″W / 37.65417°N 95.58639°W / 37.65417; -95.58639