Traer, Kansas

A post office was opened in Traer in 1883, and remained in operation until 1971.{{cite web|url=http://www.kshs.org/geog/geog_postoffices/search/county:DC |title=Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961 (archived) |publisher=Kansas Historical Society |accessdate=8 June 2014 |url-status=unfit |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131009130114/http://www.kshs.org/geog/geog_postoffices/search/county:DC |archivedate=October 9, 2013 }} The town was originally 1 mile west of its present location and was named Connersville, where a post office was established in 1875. When the town was moved in 1883, it was renamed Traer after the city of Traer, Iowa.{{citation needed|date=January 2019}}

The community is served by Oberlin USD 294 public school district.

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{{See also|Decatur County, Kansas#Further reading|l1=List of books about Decatur County, Kansas}}

• Decatur County maps: [https://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/county-pdf/decatur.PDF Current], [https://www.ksdot.org/bureaus/burtransplan/maps/PastPublishedCounty.asp Historic], KDOT

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Category:Unincorporated communities in Decatur County, Kansas

Category:Unincorporated communities in Kansas

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