Brief
History from Kansas State Historical
Society:
Wichita County was
organized on December 24, 1886, by George
Edwards; Edward Rhoades; Lilburn Moore; R.
E. Jenness;
S. W. MCall; and W. D. Brainard.
Named for the Wichita Indians, the county
contains the city Leoti.
In 1885 the county
had only seven houses, but because of
speculation in land by 1886-1887
settlement was rapid reaching a
population large enough for county
organization. A group of cattlemen did not
wish to see the county organized, and two
different messengers sent to Topeka
with the census were never seen again. A
personal envoy of the governor finally
came for
the census in 1886.
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