Nicodemus Historic District - Nicodemus KS - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com

Nicodemus National Historic Site, located in Nicodemus, Kansas, United States, preserves, protects and interprets the only remaining western town established by African Americans during the Reconstruction Period following the American Civil War.


Nicodemus was founded in 1877, led by Rev. W.H. Smith, a black minister, and W.R. Hill, a white land developer, and five other black men who formed the Nicodemus Town Company

By the mid-1880s Nicodemus was a small, bustling town. There were two newspapers, three general stores and at least three churches. The town had a number of small hotels, an ice cream parlor, bank, livery and a number of homes. The population was an estimated 700 at the town's heyday.

The site is still home to several descendants of the original settlers. It was designated a National Historic Site by an Act of Congress in 1996.

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Street address: U.S. 24 Nicodemus , KS County / Borough / Parish: Graham Year listed: 1976 Historic (Areas of) Significance: Person, Event Periods of significance: 1875-1899 Historic function: Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Religion, Social Current function: Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Religion, Social Privately owned?: no Primary Web Site: [Web Link] Secondary Website 1: [Web Link] Season start / Season finish: Not listed Hours of operation: Not listed Secondary Website 2: Not listed National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed

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