1881 Cover From Kansas To Elmira NY Need Help With City

Hello, I recently purchased a large box of covers. I kept some for my personal collection, and I am selling some on ebay. I have one cover that is giving me problems. I can not figure out for the life of me what the name of the town or city is. I've tried Savkorno, Lavkorro, and every variant I could think of. Any ideas?

It is Snokomo, Kansas

(I used Jim Forte's website and entered "ko" into the "string search" of his post office list for Kansas and this was the match from the small list of possibilities.)

To begin with, let's orient the image correctly:



Next, I searched all of Jim Forte's Post Office listings for Kansas with a town beginning with the letter "S" and containing a "k" in the middle. Although it's a stretch, the closest town name I came up with is "SNOKOMO", which was a rather obscure post office location open beginning in 1875 and closed by 1901. (At least the date on the manuscript cancel fits into that date window.)

Although it would appear the "town" no longer exists today by that name, Snokomo is referenced below:




As for the addressee, Mrs. Kate Elmer of Elmira, NY, I was able to find her obituary from 1911:



NOTE: The Kansas Historical Society Website further reflects the dates of operation of the Snokomo, Kansas post office as being established on 06/18/1875 and closed on 09/07/1881. The post office was reopened for a second time on 02/01/1886 and again closed for a second (and final) time on 05/15/1901.

Thanks for the help. I would not have guessed Snokomo, Keith