Clay County Directories
1878 Kansas State Official Gazetteer and Business Directory
R. L. Polk & Company
ATHELSTANE. A small place located in the southern central part of Clay county, 13 miles from Clay Centre, the county seat.
BATEHAM. A small village located in the southern part of Clay county, 16 miles from Clay Centre, the county seat and 7 from Wakefield on the Junction City and Ft. Kearney branch of the K. P. Ry. It contains a Methodist, Episcopal church and primary school, and ships grain and live stock. Stage to Wakefield. Semi-weekly mail. Settled 1874. Population 50. S. Shivers, postmaster.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
Baker Otho, livery.
Shivers Samuel, Shoe and Harnessmaker.
Shivers Smith, carpenter.
CARTER CREEK. A settlement formed in March, 1869, on the stream from which it takes its name, in the northeast corner of Clay county, 16 miles from Clay Centre, the county seat, and 120 from Topeka. Ships to Greenleaf, on the Central Branch Union Pacific R. R. A water power flour mill is in course of construction. The chief exports are grain and country produce. Stage to Greenleaf and Clay Centre. Daily mail. Population, 25. James McCurdy, postmaster.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
Jager Wilhelm, flour mill.
McCurdy James, Justice of the Peace.
CLAY CENTRE. The county seat of Clay county, is a city of 1,200 inhabitants, located on Republican river, and the Junction City & Fort Kearney branch of the Kansas Pacific Ry, 33 miles from Junction City and 104 by rail from Topeka. It contains 2 flour mills, 3 churches�Presbyterian, Baptist and Methodist Episcopal�and a graded school, 1 bank, 2 hotels, and 2 newspapers, The chief exports are grain and live stock. Stage to Waterville, Greenleaf and Abilene. Express, Kansas Pacific Ry. Daily mail. J. W. Miller, postmaster.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
Achinbach Henry C, music dealer.
Adams John, shoemaker.
Anthony Clark M, lawyer.
Barnes Charles R, flour mill.
Beatty & Hanna, real estate.
Bixler Lewis, cigars and tobacco.
Blackwood Thomas, physician.
Campbell John P, propr Clay County Dispatch.
Carter Walter F, general store.
Clark George W, propr Lindell House.
Davis Rev W S, (Presbyterian).
Dexter Brothers, flour mill.
Dieter John N, barber.
Dittmar John A, harnessmaker.
Downing Charles, meat market.
Duhigg & Doran, saloon.
Dunaway W Edwin, lawyer.
Eaton George W, station and express agent.
Emick & Taylor, hardware.
Ensey Wm P, police magistrate.
Fanson Wm A, meat market.
Farmers� & Merchants� Bank, H H Taylor, pres, John A Moss, cashier.
Flood & Smith, hardware.
Frank Jacob M, grocer.
Frankin Robert, surveyor.
Fraser Hugh M, register of deeds.
Frazell James A D, justice of the peace.
Frazier Richard M, sewing machines
Graham Alexander, cigars and tobacco.
Greene & Fullerton, lumber.
Grubs Jesse M, clothing.
Grubs J M & Brother, music dealers.
Higinbotham John, propr Clay county bank and grain dealer.
Higinbotham John Jr. & Co, general store.
Holzgang Carl, druggtst.
Huston Erastus P, county clerk.
Ingamells George, blacksmith.
Kehoe, Purcell & Co, general store.
Kellog & Higinbotham, lawyers.
Kuhnle Gottlieb, general store.
Langworthy Samuel, city marshal.
Lasky & Frischman, dry goods.
Lindel Carl W, physician.
Loofburrow Preston S, real estate.
Lutt Otto F, liquors.
McWhirk Alexander L, general store.
Marshall Joseph, lumber.
Miller, Dunaway & Coleman, real estate and loan agents.
Miller James W, Justice of the Peace.
Miller Mathew M, lawyer.
Miller R H, dentist.
Mitchell Isaac A, boots and shoes.
Mittendorf Theodore, saloon.
Mize Louis A, grocer.
Moore Eli, restaurant.
Moore Joseph B, real estate.
Morgan Wm H, bakery.
Mudge Melbourn R, general store.
Munger Brothers, jewelers.
Nelson Nielson, merchant tailor.
Newell Edward, livery.
Peters Mrs H M, milliner.
Phillips Reinhardt, furniture.
Pierce Arthur, general store.
Potter James A. general store.
Pumphrey Jesse F. harnessmaker.
Republican Valley Banner, (Monthly), Ruthrauff & Pinkerton, Publishers.
Robedau Joseph, wagonmaker.
Rothman Philip, hotel.
Ruthrauff & Pinkerton, Real Estate, Loan and Insurance Agents, Abstract Office, Agricultural Implements, and Publishers Republican Valley Banner.
Ryerson John F, district clerk and probate judge.
Sawyer Mrs M, millinery.
Schiltz Brothers, wagonmakers.
Seltz Benjamlgn D. Propr Seltz House.
Sexton Mrs B, boarding house.
Seymour Mrs A B, millinery.
Sharpe & Co, druggists.
Smith Henry, shoemaker.
Smith, Wingrove & Co, clothing.
Spicer John D, meat market.
Starr Nathan A, blacksmith.
Sterling James S, sheriff.
Stewart J P, physician.
Stratton Samuel L, wagonmaker.
Talbott Isaac, harnessmaker.
Towner & McNay, grocers.
Truman A B, lawyer.
Wade J H, physician.
Wagner Wm, boots and shoes.
White James A, jeweler.
Wickstrum & Swenson, general store.
Wigg George, physician.
Wilson Allen, county treasurer.
Wyatt Edward H, lawyer.
Zaun & Kaiser, photographers.
DEEP CREEK. A small place located in the extreme east of Clay county, 10 miles from Clay Centre, the county seat.
DELAVAN. A country postoffice located in the northeastern part of Clay county, 6 miles from Clay Centre, the county seat and nearest shipping point, and 110 from Topeka. Stage to Waterville and Clay Centre, tri-weekly, carrying the mail. A. Lapham, postmaster.
EXETER. A country postoffice located in the southern part of Clay county, 10 miles from Clay Centre, the county seat and shipping point, and 100 from Topeka. Stage to Clay Centre and Abilene. Semi-weekly mail. A. C. Butler, postmaster.
FANCY CREEK. A farming settlement located on the stream from which it takes its name in the northeastern part of Clay county, 12 miles from Clay Centre, the county seat and nearest shipping point and 116 from Topeka. It contains 2 churches, Baptist and Methodist, and a district school, and exports grain. Stage to Clay Centre and Waterville. Daily mail. Settled 1860. Population, 25. H. H. Jenkins, postmaster.
GATESVILLE. A small settlement formed about 12 years ago, located on Republican river, in the southeastern part of Clay county, 10 miles from Clay Centre, the county seat, 5 from Wakefield, on the Fort Kearney branch of the Kansas Pacific Ry, and go by rail from Topeka. Daily mail. Joseph Bradbury, postmaster.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
Butler Rev John (Methodist).
McMann Perry, physician.
HEBRON. A postoffice established some 8 years ago in the west part of Clay county, 8 miles from Clay Centre, the county seat and shipping point, and 112 from Topeka. Daily mail. S. H. Mundy, postmaster.
INDUSTRY. A village located on Chapman creek, on the Clay and Dickinson counties line, 15 miles from Abilene, the county seat of Dickinson county, 17 from Clay Centre, the county seat of Clay county, 20 from Junction City and 91 from Topeka. Wakefield on the Ft. Kearney branch of the Kansas Pacific Ry., 11 miles distant is the nearest station. It contains a grist mill and district school, and ships grain, flour and live stock. Settled 1874. Population 40. Semi-weekly mail. H. Rieck, postmaster.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
Jones H B, druggist.
Kassebaum Bros, grist mill.
Ray Samuel, wagonmaker.
Rieck H, General Store.
LONGFORD. A village located on Chapman�s creek, in the southwestern part of Clay county, 16 miles from Clay Centre, the county seat, 12 from Wakefield, on the Fort Kearney, branch of the Kansas, Pacific Ry, the nearest station, and go from Topeka. It contains: churches, Catholic and Methodist, and a district school. Grain is quite extensively raised. Stage to Solomon City and Concordia. Serni-weekly mail. Settled, 1871. Population, 75. Frances Greene, postmistress.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
Brooks S F, hardware.
Keegan Rev J T, (Methodist).
McGauley Wm, justice of the peace.
Sutton William, hotel.
LEOPAA. A settlement formed in 1870, and located in the northeast corner of Clay county, 16 miles from Clay Centre, the county seat, 12 from Greenleaf, on the Central Branch Union Pacific R. R., the nearest shipping point, and 125 from Atchison. The exports are chiefly grain and hogs. Stage to May Day and Kimeo. Daily mail. Benjamin Watton, postmaster.
LOOKOUT. A discontinued postoffice in Clay county. Mail for this place is received at Riverdale.
MELLON SPRINGS. A small place in Clay county 18 miles northwest of Clay Centre, the county seat.
MORGANVILLE. A postoffice in Clay county, 5 miles northest of Clay Centre, the county seat.
OAK HILL. A small settlement of farmers numbering some 5 families, located in Clay county, close to the boundary line of Clay and Ottawa counties. What little shipping is done from here is grain and live stock. Clay Centre is the nearest railroad point.
OTTER CREEK. A small settlement on the Republican river in the central part of Clay county, 6 miles from Clay Centre, the county seat, and 110 from Topeka.
PEACH GROVE. A small settlement located on Fancy creek in the northeastern part of Clay county, 14 miles from Clay Centre the county seat and shipping point and 118 from Topeka. Stage to Greenleaf and Clay Centre. Daily mail. George Winsworth, postmaster.
POWELLSBURGH. A postoffice and important settlement in Highland township, near the center of the eastern line of Clay county. It is seven miles east of the town of Clay Centre, which is the nearest railroad point.
RIVERDALE. A hamlet settled in 1868, located on Republican river, in the northwestern part of Clay county, 16 miles from Clay Centre, the county seat, and 3 from Clifton, the nearest station. Principal exports, grain and live stock. Stage to Clay Centre and Concordia. Daily mail. Population, 30. W. D. Banner, postmaster.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
Banner W D. General Store.
Rock Adam, hotel.
Sutton Rev H A, (Baptist).
RIVERSIDE. On the Republican river, in the northwestern part of Clay county, about 15 miles northwest of Clay Centre, the nearest railroad point.
ROSE VALE. A postoffice near the middle of the western line of Clay county, in the township of Clay Centre, from which latter place shipments of corn, wheat, pork, etc., are made, and which is the nearest railroad point, being 5 miles distant. The Junction City & Ft. Kearney R. R. passes the spot, and it is on the Republican river, where fine water power could be utilized. Farmers first settled hereabouts in 1859-60. Tri-weekly mail communication is had by stage to Bala, Riley, Clay Centre, and Manhattan. Maxwell Sanders, postmaster.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
England Rev W L.
Ingersoll Rev E P.
Ristine B, carpenter.
Sanders H, blacksmith.
Sanders T, musician.
TABOR In Bloom township, northwestern part of Clay county, about nine miles from Clay Centre, which is the county seat and nearest railroad station.
WAKEFIELD. A station on the Fort Kearney branch of the Kansas Pacific Ry., and settlement formed in 1,869 on Republican river, in the southeastern part of Clay county, 14 miles from Clay Centre, the county seat, and go from Topeka. It contains 4 churches and a public school. Shipments, grain and live stock. Stage to Chillicothe and Chapman�s creek, once a week. Telegraph, Western Union. Express, Kansas Pacific Ry. Daily mail. Population, 150. W. P. Gates, postmaster.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
Allaway W, builder.
Allaway & Marshall; Lumber Dealers.
Batchelor R T, coal dealer, express and railroad agent.
Burt A, physician.
Christmas J, butcher, grain dealer and livery.
Dodson C, wagonmaker.
Gates W P, general store.
Hayden D, Blacksmith.
Hewett C, physician.
Jones E, blacksmith.
Russell E C Mrs, general store.
Spooner J, millinery.
Thomas I W, druggist.
Titcombe M, hotel.
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