Bayard is an unincorporated community in Allen County, Kansas, United States.

[1] In 1910, Bayard was a station on the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad with a money order postoffice with one rural route, an express office, and some mercantile interests.

[2] A post office was opened in Front (an extinct town) in June 1886, but it was moved to Bayard in August 1887 and remained in operation until it was discontinued in April 1943.

[3] Bayard is located in Section 36, Township 23 south, Range 20 east and Section 1, Township 24 south, Range 20 east.

It is situated along the northern bank of a minor creek which empties into the South Fork Little Osage River.