Bogue | Gettysburg
| Hill City | Millbrook
| Morland | Nicodemus
| Penokee | Roscoe
| St. Peter
Homesteading in Graham County
Prentice, Noble Lovely. "History of Kansas". Winfield,
KS: E. P. Greer, 1899.
The first settlement in this area was
made by W. E. Ridgely on May 18, 1872, in the northeast section
of what is now Graham County. The unorganized county was attached
to Rooks County for municipal purposes from the summer of 1879
to April 1, 1880, when it was organized by proclamation from Governor
John P. St. John.
The county was named in honor of Captain
John L. Graham of the Eighth Regiment, Kansas Infantry, who was
killed in action at Chickamauga, Tennessee on September 19, 1863.
Graham County has two towns that were
founded by or settled by two different ethnic groups. St. Peter
was founded by Volga-Germans and Nicodemus was promoted for African-Americans
to come and settle in a new land. Click here
for map that was featured in the thesis "The Nicodemus Colony
of Graham County" written by William J. Belleau.
Sources
Cutler, William G. "History
of the State of Kansas." Chicago, IL: A. T. Andreas, 1883.
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