Dunkard Colony
A Dunkard Colony was organized by a
group of Dunkards after they came to the area from Iowa. A Dunkard
Church was organized in May 1879 by a group of people from Maple
Grove, Iowa. These settlers were German Baptists, and the church
was known as the Maple Grove Church. There was a division in the
congregation around 1890 which resulted in a "progressive"
congregation known as the Brethren and the old line Dunkards,
who later became known as the Church of the Brethren. The latter
group built a new church 1 1/2 miles from the old church in 1893.
Sources
Bowers, D. N. Seventy Years in
Norton County, Kansas, 1872-1942. The Norton County Champion,
Norton, Kansas, 1942.
Nicholson, John H. A History of Norton County, Kansas. Masters
Thesis,
Colorado State College of Education, 1941.
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