Agra
According to the book mentioned in
the source below, the town of Agra was established on October
8, 1887, and it was named after the President of the Rock Island
Railroad. Old-timers and others say that the town was named after
the daughter of the President of the Rock Island Railroad.
Like the other towns in Phillips County,
many of the families came from states like Iowa and Indiana to
take advantage of the government's offer of free land. One family
of settlers in Agra was the William Addie family who came from
Wisconsin; William was born in Scotland and his wife, Elizabeth,
was born in Ireland.
Sources
Phillipsburg-Phillips County
centennial, 1872-1972. Edited by Cecil B. Kingery. 1972
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