At 11:23 AM 9/24/00 -0500, you wrote: >Orbitello had a post office from 4 Feb 1880 to 31 Oct 1899 (Robert W. >Baughman, _Kansas Post Offices_. Topeka: Kansas Postal History Society, >1961, p. 96) > >Marvin > Thanks, Marvin.... It's not the best map on the Internet but if you'll go to: http://history.cc.ukans.edu/carrie/kancoll/graphics/maps/lincoln.jpg you'll see Orbitello in Highland Township (southwest corner of county). A better map (that takes a loooong time to load) showing Orbitello can be found at: http://www.cjnetworks.com/~wrs/1884map.jpg Also... the State Historical Society is currently working on a project to put the entire Kansas Post Office Directory up online. It's a great source for locating Kansas towns no longer around. Only the letter, "A" has been proofread so far but if any of you have Kansas place names you'd like to know about let me know. Diana and I have a copy of this book next to the computer. Bill Bill & Diana Sowers 1746 Fairmont Rd, Topeka, KS 66604 - wrs@cjnetworks.com Lincoln Co KSGenWeb: http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/lincoln/index.html Gove Co KSGenWeb: http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/gove/index.html Graham Co KSGenWeb: http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/graham/index.html Allen Co KS ALHN: http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ks/county/allen/index.html Barton Co KS ALHN: http://www.geocities.com/irus86/ Barton Co KSGenWeb: http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/barton/index.html