The Edmond post office was established 03 June 1879 with Albert Weaver as postmaster. The post office was formerly named Port Landis. The post office in Edmond was discontinued on 20 March 1993; the last postmistress was Karen Walters who served from 22 Oct. 1988 to close. The plat for Edmond was filed 03 Sept. 1879 by John D. Edmond. Edmond was a young grocery salesman. He told Noah Weaver that he would include 1000 flour sacks in an order if he would call the town Edmond after him. Mr. Weaver did this and that same year started building the Edmond Mill which was completed in 1880. Purviance Addition was platted by E. S. Purviance and P. J. Purviance, his wife and filed for record 08 Sept. 1881. The railroad came to Edmond in 1881, and was the beginning of the "boom years" lasting until about 1887. Edmond was incorporated as a city of the third class on 04 April 1916. It's location is in Solomon township near the southwest corner of Section 9, Township 5 south, Range 22 West, or for those who prefer map directions - on State Highway 9 five miles west of Densmore, 15 miles west of Logan or 9 miles east of Lenora. An electric light plant was built in 1919, using the old Mill for the plant and operating on water power during the afternoons. This provided the only service until 1931, when the city was connected to a line running from Lenora. A rural high school district was formed in 1921, with more than 80 students. This district unified with Lenora in 1958, with the elementary school remaining a few years longer. The earliest settler to the area was Dan MacLaren, who came to Norton County to trap in 1870, at age 50. The first year he trapped along the Solomon River and caught over eighty otter, on what he named Otter Creek, four miles northwest of Edmond. Other early settlers to the Edmond area included Evan S. Purviance, John Landis, Noah Weaver, E. P. Davidson, Mr. Lock, William Wells, J. T. Smith, M. J. Kelley, James Lobsitz, Albin Cox, Otto M. Dannevik, Fred A. Barlow, J. W. Langford, Kuney Sage, David Ferris, Elijah Graham, James F. Wray, Chester Conkley, C. L. Hazlett, Mullen family, O'Connor family, Arva Sproul, Rev. Bonnet (of Lenora), Perry L. Cobb. Later comers included McNeive family, Dr. G. M. Jaquiss, Roy Woodward, J. H. Stephenson, Roy Deever, F. W. Nelson, I. P. Williams, C. D. Sanborn, E. C. Edgar, H. Jones, A. Personnett, J. W. Woodward, C. C. Bishop, W. T. Newbold, C. H. Merriweather, H. C. Pace, J. A. Weatherly, L. A. Newbold, J. W. Conarty, W. W. Boyd, Geo. Cowling, Staus, Rockover, Spurlin, Alsdorf, Boling, Coursey, Grover Smith, Walser, Woodruff and Conklin. Resources for Edmond information include "Seventy Years in Norton County, Kansas" by D. N. Bowers, "The Desert's Hidden Wealth" by William Wells and "The Times of Edmond Kansas & Some Densmore, 1886-1974" compiled by Walta Hunter Russ. The first two books are out of print, but can usually be obtained through interlibrary loan. The Norton Genealogy Society "MAY" have copies of Walta's book for sale - they have been doing limited printings and I don't know just how many are left. Their address is Norton Genealogy Society, 1 Washington Square, Norton, Kansas 67654.