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Nicodemus is a census-designated place (CDP) in Graham County, Kansas, United States. [1] As of the 2020 census , the population was 14. [ 2 ] The community was founded in 1877 and is named for the Biblical figure Nicodemus .
Nicodemus was founded in 1877, led by Rev. W.H. Smith, a black minister, and W.R. Hill, a white land developer, and five other black men who formed the Nicodemus Town Company and began visiting churches in Kentucky to encourage people to move to Kansas. [2] Kansas was a free state, part of the Underground Railroad and home to abolitionist John ...
Nicodemus Township covers an area of 32.33 square miles (83.7 km 2) and contains no incorporated settlements. According to the USGS, it contains two cemeteries: Mount Olive and Nicodemus. The streams of Sand Creek and Spring Creek run through this township.
Agriculture-Related Resources of Kansas MPS: 2: Benson Culvert: Benson Culvert: December 3, 2013 : 6 mi. S. & 9 mi. W. of Gove: Gove: Masonry Arch Bridges of Kansas Thematic Resource 3: Grainfield Opera House: Grainfield Opera House: November 28, 1980
Graham County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. Its county seat and most populous city is Hill City. [2] As of the 2020 census, the county population was 2,415. [1] The county was named for John Graham, a captain in the Civil War who died during the Battle of Chickamauga.
This is a list of all National Historic Landmarks designated by the U.S. government in Kansas.There are 26 National Historic Landmarks (NHLs) in Kansas. The United States National Historic Landmark program is operated under the auspices of the National Park Service, and recognizes structures, districts, objects, and similar resources according to a list of criteria of national significance.
African Americans in Kansas. There is an African-American community in Kansas, including in Kansas City, Kansas. [3] Nicodemus, Kansas is the oldest surviving town west of the Mississippi River settled solely by African Americans. Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka was decided in 1954. [4]
After two years of residing in Nicodemus he was appointed county clerk of the not long established Graham County, and the next fall he was elected to a full term as county clerk. At age 32, McCabe was elected Kansas State Auditor, and became the highest-ranking African-American officeholder outside of the Reconstruction South (AAME). [3]