Former post office · Hayes County · post office 1886–1916

About Galena

Galena was a rural post office in western Hayes County, about 13 miles west of Hayes Center. The exact site is no longer recorded.

History

The Galena post office was established on September 24, 1886, and discontinued on April 29, 1916. The 1890 gazetteer gives it 20 people, with S. W. Sleeth as postmaster. The name was probably borrowed from Galena, Illinois, or Galena, Kansas, both lead-mining towns.

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