Lincoln County, Kansas
The county of Lincoln, named for the late president, contains the cities of Barnard, Lincoln Center, Beverly and Sylvan Grove. The county was founded on October 4, 1870, by Charles, William and Marion Chase; Richard Clark; James Adams; Isaac DeGraff; Edward Johnson; William E. Thompson; and Darius Skinner.
The Indian raids of the 1860s and 1870s withheld settlement of the county. In 1868 a detachment of the Seventh United States Cavalry under Colonel William Benteen was stationed in the county to offer protection.
William Reeder served as a Congressman from the county from 1899 to 1911.
- See our Kansas Counties database for statistics in the county.
- Search our Register database for historic sites in the county.
- Search Kansas Memory for historic items from the county
For more information see the Lincoln County website.
Entry: Lincoln County, Kansas
Author: Kansas Historical Society
Author information: The Kansas Historical Society is a state agency charged with actively safeguarding and sharing the state's history.
Date Created: February 2010
Date Modified: October 2015
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