Kingman County

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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]

  1. ↑ The Leavenworth Times, 16 Feb. 1872, p. 1.
  2. ↑ The Leavenworth Times, 16 Feb. 1872, p. 2.
  3. ↑ "KS Courts - Historical Listing of Supreme Court Justices". www.kscourts.org. Archived from the original on 12 April 2021. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
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