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=== [[Kingman, Kingman County, Kansas|Kingman]] === | === [[Kingman, Kingman County, Kansas|Kingman]] === | ||
Kingman became the new name of Sherman, Kansas on March 27th, 1973.<ref>"Letter From Kingman (Formerly Sherman) Kingman County." ''Hutchinson News'', 27 Mar. 1873, p. 2.</ref> | Kingman became the new name of Sherman, Kansas on March 27th, 1973.<ref>"Letter From Kingman (Formerly Sherman) Kingman County." ''Hutchinson News'', 27 Mar. 1873, p. 2.</ref> | ||
== Organization == | |||
The county was organized February 27th, 1874 by [[Thomas A. Osborn]], the current governor, with the following:<ref>"Then and Now." ''The Mercury'', 21 June 1878, p. 2.</ref> | |||
* [[J. Harmony]] - [[County Clerk]] | |||
* [[J. K. Fical]], [[J. M. Jordan]], and [[G. W. Lacy]] - [[County Commissioner]]<nowiki/>s | |||
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Latest revision as of 21:33, 22 January 2026
Creation
The earliest evidence of the county is found in February 16th, 1872 from The Leavenworth Times.[1] "The House, this forenoon after passing the bill to organize a new county to be called Kingman county on the South of Reno, took up the Apportionment bill. This was 10:30 in the forenoon."
The original population of the county was comprised of 18 townships from Reno County and 6 townships of Harper County.[2]
The county was named after Samuel Austin Kingman, justice of the Kansas Supreme Court from February 9, 1861 to January 9, 1865, and chief justice from January 14, 1867 to December 30, 1876.[3]
Sherman is the original name of Kingman, Kansas, first named in newspapers July 4th, 1872, in an article made by C. C. Hutchinson called "The New Town of Sherman."[4] It was set to be the county seat, first seen in a newspaper July 18th, 1872.[5] The Atchinson, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway crosses through the center of the town, on the north side of the Ninnescah River.[6]
Kingman became the new name of Sherman, Kansas on March 27th, 1973.[7]
Organization
The county was organized February 27th, 1874 by Thomas A. Osborn, the current governor, with the following:[8]
- ↑ The Leavenworth Times, 16 Feb. 1872, p. 1.
- ↑ The Leavenworth Times, 16 Feb. 1872, p. 2.
- ↑ "KS Courts - Historical Listing of Supreme Court Justices". www.kscourts.org. Archived from the original on 12 April 2021. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
- ↑ "The New Town of Sherman." Hutchinson News, 4 July 1872, p. 3.
- ↑ Hutchinson News, 18 July 1872, p. 2.
- ↑ Hutchinson News, 17 Oct. 1872, p. 2.
- ↑ "Letter From Kingman (Formerly Sherman) Kingman County." Hutchinson News, 27 Mar. 1873, p. 2.
- ↑ "Then and Now." The Mercury, 21 June 1878, p. 2.
