Athol | Bellaire
| Cedarville | Claudell
| Gaylord | Germantown
| Harlan | Kensington
| Lebanon |
Old Salem | Reamsville
| Smith Center |
Home on the Range
Homesteading in Smith County
Cedarville
A group of settlers arrived in the
western part of the county in the fall of 1870, and on October
25 founded the town of Cedarville where the Cedar Creek flowed
into the Solomon River. The Town Company of Cedarville filed papers
on January 28, 1871. A post office was established on July 3.
Cedarville was the first county seat, but lost the title to Smith
Center in 1872.
The ethnicity of its settlers is unknown.
Sources
Pletcher, Vera Edith Crosby.
"A History of Smith County, Kansas to 1960". Masters
thesis, Kansas State University, 1960.
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