Ransomville is an unincorporated community in Franklin County, Kansas, United States.[1] It is located approximately 2 miles northeast of Williamsburg at the intersection of U.S. 50 highway and Hamilton Road.
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Ransomville was named for J. H. Ransom, who founded the first store around which the town was built up.[2]
A post office was opened in Ransomville in 1881, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1915.[3]
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- ^ "Ransomville, Kansas", Geographic Names Information System, United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior
- ^ Blackmar, Frank Wilson (1912). Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Volume 2. Standard Publishing Company. pp. 549.
- ^ "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961 (archived)". Kansas Historical Society. Archived from the original on October 9, 2013. Retrieved June 10, 2014.
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