{{Short description|Unincorporated community in Smith County, Kansas}} {{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}
'''Dispatch''' is an unincorporated community in Smith County, Kansas, United States.<ref name="GNIS">{{cite gnis2|472161|Dispatch, Kansas}}</ref>
==History== A post office was opened in Dispatch in 1891, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1904.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kshs.org/geog/geog_postoffices/search/county:SM |title=Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961 |publisher=Kansas Historical Society |accessdate=23 June 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131009133615/http://www.kshs.org/geog/geog_postoffices/search/county%3ASM |archivedate=October 9, 2013 }}</ref> Dispatch was named after its role in shipping the mail.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=4582 | title=Profile for Dispatch, Kansas | publisher=ePodunk | accessdate=23 June 2014}}</ref>
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==Further reading== {{See also|Smith County, Kansas#Further reading|l1=List of books about Smith County, Kansas}}
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Category:Unincorporated communities in Smith County, Kansas Category:Unincorporated communities in Kansas
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