Missler is an unincorporated community in Meade County, Kansas, United States.[1]

History

Missler was originally called Jasper,[1] and under the latter name was laid out and platted in May 1888.[2]

A post office in Jasper, established in April 1888, was renamed Missler in 1912, and remained in operation until it closed in 1933.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Missler, Kansas", Geographic Names Information System, United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior
  2. Sullivan, Frank Seymour (1916). A History of Meade County, Kansas. Crane & Company. pp. 32-33.
  3. "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961". Kansas Historical Society. Retrieved 15 June 2014.

Further reading

37°19′04″N 100°26′07″W / 37.31778°N 100.43528°W / 37.31778; -100.43528


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