Lenora
Originally named Spring City, this
town was formed in 1874. The name changed to Lenora in 1876, because
their post office, located two miles west, was named Lenora. The
town was platted on June 28, 1879. James Gilleece, born in Ireland
in 1834, settled in the area west of Lenora with his wife, Mary
Dunlap Gilleece in 1873. The James Dunlap family also settled
there. These two families were among the first settlers in this
area.
The ethnicity of its settlers included
the Irish.
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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