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Homesteading in Scott County

Grigsby / Grigston

The site of Grigsby was platted on October 4, 1886. In 1887, the Santa Fe Railway built its tracks through the town site, and the station opened in September of that year. Grigsby's name was changed to Grigston in the early 1920's.

The ethnicity of its settlers is not known.

Sources

History of Early Scott County by the Scott County Historical Society, Inc., 1977
Scott County, Kansas Centennial Book - Celebrating 100 Years: 1886-1986 by the Scott County Centennial Commission, Inc., 1986


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