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Kearney County was established on March 6, 1873, and was dissolved in 1883, with the land area being split between Hamilton and Finney counties. It was reestablished with its original borders in 1887, and organized on March 27, 1888. In 1889, the name was corrected to Kearny County (without an extra "e") to match the last name of Philip Kearny ...
Neosho Rapids was previously called Italia, then Florence, and was laid out in 1855. [5] It was named Neosho Rapids in 1857 from the whitewater on the Neosho River. [5] [6]LIFE magazine did a five-page feature article in the December 24, 1945, issue of servicemen coming home to the town for their first Christmas after WWII.
In 1965, Hartford, Neosho Rapids, and Olpe consolidated to form Southern Lyon County USD 252. [4] On March 14, 2011, the Southern Lyon County Board of Education approved One–to–One Technology initiatives, allowing the district to improve technology. Apple products were brought in, giving teachers a MacBook Pro laptop and an iPad 2.
Elkhart is a city in and the county seat of Morton County, Kansas, United States. [1] As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 1,888. [3] The south edge of the city is the Kansas-Oklahoma state border, and the city is 8.5 miles (13.7 km) from the Kansas-Colorado border.
Marysville is located in northeastern Kansas near the Nebraska border, approximately 75 miles (120 km) northwest of the Kansas capital of Topeka and 67 miles (108 km) south of Lincoln, Nebraska. According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 4.62 square miles (11.97 km 2 ), of which 4.58 square miles (11.86 km 2 ...
Smith Center was founded in 1871. [5] The first post office in Smith Center was established in January 1873. [6] Like Smith County, Smith Center was named for Maj. J. Nelson Smith of the 2nd Colorado Cavalry, a pre-war native of Elwood, Kansas, who died leading his regiment on October 21, 1864 at the Battle of the Little Blue River.
In 1884 G.W. Vickers conceived the idea of laying out a town in the northern part of Comanche County, in company with Timothy Shields, J. P. Grove, Samuel Sisson, C. M. Cade and C. D. Bickford, all from Harper County. They preempted a section of land, had it platted off as a town site and named it after the city of Coldwater, Michigan. [5]
Kinsley is a city in and the county seat of Edwards County, Kansas, United States. [1] As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 1,456. [3]