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Wilson County, Kansas

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9historic places

—earliest paper

1855formed

8,624pop. 2020

26cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 9 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1974; 1 is also National Historic Landmark. Most listings are in or near Neodesha, Fredonia, Coyville.

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 Wilson titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

7 of 9 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

9 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Brown Hotel	Neodesha	Building	1995
Brown Hotel (Boundary Increase)	Neodesha	Building	2008
Brush Creek Bridge	Coyville	Structure	1985
DeLay, Dorothy, House	Neodesha	Building	2023
Flack, Dr. A. C., House	Fredonia	Building	1989
Gold Dust Hotel	Fredonia	Building	1991
Norman No. 1 Oil Well Site NHL	Neodesha	Site	1974
US Post Office-Fredonia	Fredonia	Building	1989
US Post Office-Neodesha	Neodesha	Building	1989

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Wilson was formed in 1855 (1855-08-25) from unknown / original county.

WILSON created by Kansas Territory from non-county area.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Wilson County population from 1860 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
27	13,775	15,621	21,157	17,723	14,815	13,077	12,128	10,332	8,624

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

26 cemeteries and 1 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 26 of 26 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Bachelder Cemetery	37.49414	-95.85686
Buffalo Cemetery	37.73255	-95.69857
Butner Cemetery	37.4872	-95.90653
Caley Cemetery	37.70519	-95.95848
Cheatham Cemetery	37.42248	-95.79777
Colfax Cemetery	37.71764	-95.52589
Coyville Cemetery	37.68745	-95.90395
Farmington Cemetery	37.63192	-95.82413
Grandview Cemetery	37.38545	-95.64219
Hatler Cemetery	37.49341	-95.69122
Hunter Cemetery	37.64612	-95.90996
Jackson Cemetery	37.58361	-95.95235
Little Sandy Cemetery	37.73362	-95.80742
Maple Grove Cemetery	37.66433	-95.76166
Mount Pleasant Cemetery	37.40791	-95.93188
Pleasant Valley Cemetery	37.58818	-95.61283
Pleasant Valley Cemetery	37.60144	-95.58026
Ross Cemetery	37.42463	-95.72518
Saint Francis Cemetery	37.61783	-95.94304
Star Cemetery	37.45616	-95.58037
Summit Cemetery	37.61677	-95.80543
Trimmell Cemetery	37.68293	-95.87418
Varner Cemetery	37.4048	-95.70677
Vilas Bethel Cemetery	37.66062	-95.56146
Village Creek Cemetery	37.71434	-95.56219
Weakley Cemetery	37.55891	-95.91103

Historical populated places — 1 of 1

Name	Lat	Lon
South Ridge	37.71838	-95.59637

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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