By Vanessa Whiteside on July 17, 2025
3 Kansas Hardware Stores Withstand the Test of Time
Tools. Hoses. The thingy majigger you need for a fix-it project you can’t seem to find anywhere else. A dependable hardware store carries them all and more. In Kansas, these hardware stores have personalized customer service for decades, welcoming locals by name and treating them like family.
Isham True Value Hardware
Coffeyville
Isham True Value Hardware is the oldest hardware store in Kansas, serving customers since 1870. Its original owners helped defend the town when outlaws, the Dalton Gang, robbed neighboring banks on Oct. 5, 1892.
If you need bolts, nails or screws, weigh them at the store’s original scale for bulk purchase. Peruse peg boards of packaged fasteners, work gloves or safety glasses. Can-do DIYers or farmers are likely to find what they require, and if not, the store’s staff will ride an elevator to the basement to search for back stock.
Isham True Value Hardware
811 Union Street, Coffeyville
(620) 251-0790
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Gronis Hardware
Leavenworth
Serving Leavenworth shoppers since the 1940s, Gronis Hardware has a reputation for stocking what you need when you need it. John Gronis purchased the store from Oursler Hardware in 1940 and changed its name to Gronis Hardware. The store underwent an expansion in the 1960s, now occupying a massive retail footprint with inventory ranging from houseware items to tools and lawn care equipment.
The family-owned store is known for its friendly customer service and wall-to-wall inventory, which is considered affordably priced.
Gronis Hardware
511-517 Cherokee Street, Leavenworth
(913) 682-1384
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Cleaver Farm and Home
Chanute
Cleaver Farm and Home, a third-generation business that opened in 1946, carries inventory for a range of projects from building materials to farm supplies. If you require a chainsaw or battery-operated hedge trimmer, this official STIHL® retailer stocks it.
Cleaver Farm and Home’s extensive inventory also includes everyday necessities for outdoor cooking, with a dedicated staff member available to answer questions about barbecue grills and Traeger® pellet smokers. Creating a patio party setting is easy when you shop the store’s garden center for outdoor plants and potting supplies.
Cleaver Farm and Home
2103 S. Santa Fe Ave, Chanute
(620) 431- 6070
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Other notable hardware stores with a long-standing history include Hendricks Hardware in Alma, RHV Do It Best Hardware in Abilene, Newton’s True Value Hardware in Cherryvale and Strasser Hardware in Kansas City.
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