Kingman County
From Kingman KS History
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 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.[2]
