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Stockton was incorporated as a city in 1879. [6] Stockton is located on the natural trail up the valley of the South Solomon River and where the military supply trail from Fort Kearney, Nebraska, to Fort Hays, Kansas, crossed the South Solomon River. Stockton survived and grew during the thirteen years from founding until the arrival of the ...
This map of Rooks County, Kansas, USA, is copied at a resolution of 300 pixels/inch from the original PDF file. Date: February 2005: Source: Kansas 2005–2006 Official Transportation Map : Author: Designed and published by the Kansas Department of Transportation. Permission (Reusing this file)
In 1854, the Kansas Territory was organized, then in 1861 Kansas became the 34th U.S. state. In 1867, Rooks County was established. [citation needed] In 1881, the first county courthouse was built in Stockton. The county jail was built nearby from cottonwood logs strengthened by tons of iron. [6]
Rooks County was established with four townships: Bow Creek, Lowell, Paradise and Stockton. That number increased to seven by 1878 [2] and twenty three in 1925. The twenty three townships were in place until 1971 when the number was reduced to the current twelve townships. [3] Township 7 was formed by renaming Richland Township [4] in 1971. [5]
Township 5 was formed from Rooks County townships Alcona, Bow Creek and Sugar Loaf [4] in 1971, pursuant to Kansas Statute 80-1110. [5] The statute allowed for the dissolution of townships and assigning those territories to contiguous townships. [6] Bow Creek flows through Township 5, then on to Kirwin Reservoir in Phillips County.
U.S. Route 183 (US 183) is a north–south United States highway.The highway's northern terminus is in Presho, South Dakota, at an intersection with Interstate 90.Its southern terminus is in Refugio, Texas, at the southern intersection of U.S. Highway 77 and Alternate US 77 (US 183 and Alt US 77 run concurrently for their final 80 miles (130 km) between Cuero and Refugio).
U.S. Highway 24 (US-24) in the state of Kansas runs east–west across the northern half of the state for 435.95 miles (701.59 km). The route mostly connects rural communities across the High Plains of Kansas, while also later providing an Interstate alternate between Topeka, Lawrence, and Kansas City.
The first counties were established while Kansas was a Territory from May 30, 1854, until January 29, 1861, when Kansas became a state. Many of the counties in the eastern part of the state are named after prominent Americans from the late 18th and early-to-mid-19th centuries, while those in the central and western part of the state are named ...