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The following are approximate tallies of current listings by county. These counts are based on entries in the National Register Information Database as of April 24, 2008 [2] and new weekly listings posted since then on the National Register of Historic Places website since that time. [3]
In 1859, Holton had seven dwellings, one store, a blacksmith shop and a steam saw mill. The census taken in April, 1857, gave Holton 291 people; in 1860 the population was 1,936. In 1859 the city was incorporated. [6] In 1879, the residents of Jackson County, Kansas decided to form a university in Holton.
Jackson County is a county in the U.S. state of Kansas.Its county seat and most populous city is Holton. [3] As of the 2020 census, the county population was 13,232. [1] The county, first named Calhoun County for pro-slavery South Carolina Senator John C. Calhoun, was renamed in 1859 for President Andrew Jackson. [4]
Jim Lane's Fort, sometimes called Fort Jim Lane, was built in August 1856, in Holton, Kansas, United States. It was named to honor free-state leader James H. Lane, who helped organize the settlement of several towns in northeast Kansas Territory, including Holton. Holton was settled by about fifty free-state settlers at the time the fort was built.
The Holton Bath House is a bathhouse in Holton in Jackson County, Kansas which was built in 1938 as a WPA project. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009. [1] The listing includes two contributing buildings: the bath house and a filter house.
Campbell College was situated in the northern part of the town of Holton, Jackson County, Kansas in northeast Kansas. Local poet, author, journalist, librarian, and suffragist, Elizabeth Barr Arthur described the area in her 1907 publication "Business Directory and History of Jackson County" as situated "on an eminence commanding a fine view of the surrounding country.
Mastel was arrested for alleged aggravated battery and theft, according to the Kansas City Star. Mastel was found unresponsive in his cell. An investigation is pending. Jail or Agency: Franklin County Jail; State: Kansas; Date arrested or booked: 4/19/2016; Date of death: 6/17/2016; Age at death: 35; Sources: www.kfdi.com
Lustron House - 308 E 20th St., Hays, Kansas; Gallagher House - 310 E 20th St., Hays, Kansaslisted on the NRHP in Ellis County, KS; Lustron House - 400 E 20th St., Hays, Kansas; McFadden House - 315 W 5th St., Holton, Kansas, listed on the NRHP in Jackson County, KS; Lustron House - 21 E 27th Ave., Hutchinson, Kansas