Aetna, a village of Barber county, is located near the southwestern corner in Aetna township, about 30 miles from Medicine Lodge, the county seat. It is connected by stage line with Lake City, which is the most convenient railroad station. It is a trading center for the neighborhood, has a money order postoffice, and in 1910 reported a population of 25.

Source: Kansas:_A_Cyclopedia_of_State_History 1. (1912) Chicago: Standard Publishing Company. 32.