List of Kansas Counties
Asherville | Beloit | Blue Hill | Cawker City | Glen Elder | Hunter | Mennonite Community | Simpson | Tipton | Victor
Homesteading in Mitchell County
Mennonite Community
In 1871, Jacob Marzolf and Henry Kohler arrived in Mitchell County from Wathena, Kansas, to find some land to farm. After spending the winter back in Wathena, they and their families made the move to their new land. By 1879, several other Mennonite families had joined them coming from Illinois, Ohio, and Pennsylvania.
Church meetings were held in their homes beginning in 1881; by 1897, the meetings were being held in the Naomi Mennonite Meeting House. The last church meeting was on November 8, 1964. Many of the members had moved away from the area by that time.
Sources
Mitchell County Elementary Students. Mitchell County Historical Essays, 1962-1976. N.D.