Athol | Bellaire
| Cedarville | Claudell
| Gaylord | Germantown
| Harlan | Kensington
| Lebanon |
Old Salem | Reamsville
| Smith Center |
Home on the Range
Homesteading in Smith County
Gaylord
The Gaylord Town Company was organized
in January 1871. The town site was laid out and named after C.
E. Gaylord. The first grocery store was opened by C. P. Newell
in the spring of 1871, and the post office was established on
June 2, 1871.
The ethnicity of its settlers is not
known.
Sources
Pletcher, Vera Edith Crosby.
"A History of Smith County, Kansas to 1960". Masters
thesis, Kansas State University, 1960.
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