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New York did not conduct a census in 1885 because its Governor David B. Hill refused to support the proposed census due to its extravagance and cost. [16] [17] Governor Hill objected to the idea of spending so much state money on a state census that was as extravagant as the 1880 U.S. Census. [16] [17]
The post office was in operation at Freeport since 1885. [8] The community has a grain elevator and a church. [9] Until November 2017, when the population had risen to eight, it was the smallest incorporated city in the state of Kansas. [10] The city was dissolved by a vote of 4–0 in the November 2017 election. [4]
Southwest Kansas was hit particularly hard between 1932 and 1936. [18] The famous "Black Sunday" dust storm that marks the naming of the Dust Bowl as a geographic area encompassing most of the mid-United States and affecting the entire country, hit Hugoton and neighboring towns in multiple counties and in Oklahoma early on April 14, 1935.
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Ford was founded around 1885. [4] It was named for Col. James Hobart Ford, a notable Union colonel and brevet brigadier general during the American Civil War. [5] The first post office in Ford was established in February 1885. [6]
[84] [85] Immediately south of the city, Kansas State University operates its Agricultural Research Center—Hays, formerly the Fort Hays Experiment Station. The Center studies regional crop management and livestock production, and, for that purpose, its 7,810 acres (31.6 km 2 ) campus includes a feedlot, a greenhouse complex, cropland, and ...
Finney County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. Its county seat and most populous city is Garden City. [2] As of the 2020 census, the county population was 38,470. The county was named for David Finney, the Lieutenant Governor of Kansas from 1881 and 1885. In 2020, 51.4 percent of the population in the county was Hispanic, one of ...
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... State: Kansas: County: Cheyenne: Founded: 1885: Incorporated: 1885: ... As of the 2020 census, the ...