”The post office was established July 1st, 1869, E. H. Hansen being the first postmaster, and the office was called New Scandinavia. This was the third postoffice established in the county. The mail was brought from Junction City once a week. The postmasters at New Scandinavia have been:

Stoy E. Ware, appointed May 1 1891”

Reference Data:

A History of Republic County, Kansas, by Isaac O. Savage, 1901, page 185