Coldwater’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 2 old photos of Coldwater. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗In 1884 G.W. Vickers conceived the idea of laying out a town in the northern part of Comanche County, in company with Timothy Shields, J. P. Grove, Samuel Sisson, C. M. Cade and C. D. Bickford, all from Harper County. They preempted a section of land, had it platted off as a town site and named it after the city of Coldwater, Michigan. Early the following year the county had the required number of inhabitants, who petitioned the governor for its organization, and on February 27, 1885, it was organized with Owen Connaughton, George M. Morris and David T. Mclntire, commissioners and R. A. Grossman, clerk. Coldwater was designated as the county seat.
The first post office in Coldwater was established on October 17, 1884.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Coldwater’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Coldwater’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewColdwater, Kans, 1926: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Coldwater
See all 2 →Coldwater, decade by decade
1990s
2 historic places in Coldwater
2 places in Coldwater are on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Coldwater, Kans (1926) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (2), the Library of Congress (2) and the National Register (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.