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Graham County, Kansas
Graham County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Hill City
Year Organized: 1880
Square Miles: 898 |
Court House: 410 N. Pomeroy Street
County Courthouse
Hill City, KS 67642-1649
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Named: In honor of Captain John L. Graham, of the Eighth
Regiment, Kansas Infantry--killed in action at Chickamauga, Tenn., September 19,
1863, before he was mustered.
State & County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts
History
Graham County, in the northwestern part of the state, is the fourth county from the west line and the second south from Nebraska. It is bounded on the north by Norton county, on the east by Rooks, on the south by Trego, and on the west by Sheridan.
County organization was effected on April 1, 1880, with Millbrook as the county seat. John L. Graham, Captain, 8th Kansas,
for whom the county was named, was killed at the Civil War battle of
Chickamauga.
Description
The beautiful valley of the Solomon river runs across Graham County from
west to east; highway US24 takes advantage of the natural highway and
follows the river across the county. US283 crosses both at Hill City.
- Antelope Lake near Morland was built in the 1930's as a WPA project
and now offers fine fishing.
- Morland is justly proud of the relief on the front of the Citizens
State Bank on Main Street.
- An historical marker at Nicodemus describes this old black "exoduster"
settlement which is nearly gone; good signs help understand what's left.
Geography
The largest stream is the south fork of the Solomon river which flows east through the central part. It has numerous tributaries. Several creeks in the southern part of the county are tributary to the Saline. The timber belts along these streams are narrow and contain the varieties of wood most
common to Kansas. The bottom lands average one mile in width. Limestone, sandstone, and gypsum are plentiful.
This is a remarkable alfalfa section, and has some of the largest farms in the state. It is also a stock and grain county.
Neighboring Counties:
- Norton County (north)
- Phillips County (northeast)
- Rooks County (east)
- Trego County (south)
- Gove County (southwest)
- Sheridan County (west)
Cities:
| - Allodium |
township |
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| - Bogue |
city |
Incorporated Area |
| - Bryant |
township |
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| - Gettysburg |
township |
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| - Graham |
township |
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| - Happy |
township |
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| - Hill City (County Seat) |
city |
Incorporated Area |
| - Indiana |
township |
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| - Millbrook |
township |
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| - Morlan |
township |
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| - Morland |
city |
Incorporated Area |
| - Nicodemus |
township |
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| - Pioneer |
township |
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| - Wildhorse |
township |
County Resources:
Graham County - KS-Cyclopedia - 1912
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County Resource Guide
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The history of our nation can be seen as a prolonged struggle to define the relative roles and powers of our governments: federal, state, and local. And the names we’ve given our counties, our most locally based jurisdictions, reflects the “characteristic features of
our country!”
But age, size and colorful names of our counties isn’t the only reason to explore counties’ role in American history, or the history of county government itself. In fact, the story of county government reflects the larger meanings of American history.
Today’s counties are the most flexible, locally responsive and creative governments in the US. They are the most diverse, varying in size, population, geography, and governmental structure. In their politics and policies, they express a 1990’s political slogan “Think globally, act locally.” |
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