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Nicodemus, Kansas

Nicodemus, Kansas is a small community in North Central Kansas Kansas

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, located 2000 ft above sea level in the middle of the Great Plains Great Plains

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. There are 27 residents. Nicodemus National Historic Site Nicodemus National Historic Site

Nicodemus National Historic Site in Nicodemus, Kansas [i] preserves, protects and interprets the only re ... 

, commemorating the only remaining western town established by African American African American

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s during the Reconstruction Period Reconstruction

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 following the American Civil War American Civil War

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 is in town. During the last weekend of July, former residents of the town return for celebrations and parades.

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Nicodemus, Kansas is a small community in North Central Kansas Kansas

Kansas is a Midwestern [i] state [i] in the Central [i] United States [i] ... 

, located 2000 ft above sea level in the middle of the Great Plains Great Plains

The Great Plains is the broad expanse of prairie [i] and steppe [i] which lies east of the Rocky Mountains [i] ... 

. There are 27 residents. Nicodemus National Historic Site Nicodemus National Historic Site

Nicodemus National Historic Site in Nicodemus, Kansas [i] preserves, protects and interprets the only re ... 

, commemorating the only remaining western town established by African American African American

An African American is a member of an ethnic group [i] in the United States [i] whose ancestors, usual... 

s during the Reconstruction Period Reconstruction

Reconstruction was a period in United States [i] history, 18651876, that attempted to resolve the issues ... 

 following the American Civil War American Civil War

The American Civil War was a sectional conflict in the United States of America [i] between the federal ... 

 is in town.

During the last weekend of July, former residents of the town return for celebrations and parades.



Academic References

  • Crockett, Norman I. The Black Towns. Lawrence: Regents Press of Kansas, 1979.


  • Hamilton, Kenneth Marvin. Black Towns and Profit: Promotion and Development in the Trans-Appalachian West, 1877-1915. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1991.


  • Hamilton, Kenneth Marvin. "The Origins and Early Promotion of Nicodemus: A Pre-Exodus, All-Black Town." Kansas History 5 : 220-242.


  • Promised Land on the Solomon: Black Settlement at Nicodemus, Kansas. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Rocky Mountain Region, n.d.


  • Schwendemann, Glen. "Nicodemus: Negro Haven on the Solomon." Kansas Historical Quarterly 29 : 10-31.

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