Basil / Gage | Belmont
| Cleveland | Cunningham
| Kingman |
Murdock | Nashville | Norwich
| Penalosa | Rago
| Spivey | Waterloo
| Willowdale |
Zenda
Homesteading in Kingman County
Murdock
Named after the founders of the Wichita
Eagle newspaper, New Murdock was founded on March 17, 1884.
The name changed to Murdock on January 4, 1914 when the Butler
County town of Murdock closed its post office.
The ethnicity of its settlers is
unknown.
Sources
"Kingman County History:
Kingman County, Kansas and Its People." Kingman, KS: Kingman
County Historical Society, 1984.
Kansas State Historical Society.
October 19, 2005 <http://www.kshs.org/genealogists/postoffices.html>.
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