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Hodgeman County, Kansas

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—newspaper titles

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4historic places

—earliest paper

1867formed

1,723pop. 2020

7cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 4 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1973. Most listings are in or near Jetmore, Kinsley.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Kansas is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Hodgeman titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

3 of 4 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

4 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Hackberry Creek Bridge	Jetmore	Structure	1985
Haun, T. S., House	Jetmore	Building	1973
Hodgeman County Courthouse	Jetmore	Building	2002
St. Mary's Catholic Church	Kinsley	Building	2015

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Hodgeman was formed in 1867 (1867-02-26) from Marion.

HODGEMAN created from MARION. This law spelled the county name "HAGEMAN" but all later laws use the "HODGMAN/HODGEMAN" spelling.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Hodgeman County population from 1880 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
1,704	2,032	3,734	3,535	3,310	3,115	2,269	2,085	1,723

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

7 cemeteries and 0 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 7 of 7 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Fairmount Cemetery	38.06652	-99.90093
Hanston Cemetery	38.15634	-99.71665
Hanston Mennonite Cemetery	38.1448	-99.76231
Kitterville Cemetery	38.19013	-100.15447
Saint Anthony Cemetery	38.11714	-99.72478
Saint Lawrence Catholic Cemetery	38.06752	-99.90124
Saint Michaels Cemetery	37.94195	-100.10213

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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