Brief
History from wikipedia:
Kingman County was
organized by J. F. Fical; J. W. Jordan; G.
W. Lacey; H. L. Ball; J. Narmony; W. P.
Brown;
George Pitts; G. A. Whicher; and R.
R. Wilson on February 27, 1874. Named for
Judge Samuel B. Kingman of Topeka, it
contains the cities of Cunningham,
Norwich, Spivey, Penalosa, Kingman,
Nashville and Zenda.
The first church was
Methodist, organized in October 1878. It
originally met in a schoolhouse. The first
county fair was held
October 22-23, 1919. The first
school district was organized in Kingman
City, May 4, 1874. The first school
building was
constructed on the corner of D and
Main streets.
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