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History · Kickapoo Site 5

Kickapoo Site 5’s history is
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The public archives hold no old photos of Kickapoo Site 5. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Kickapoo Site 5 is a census-designated place (CDP) in Brown County, Kansas, United States, on the Kickapoo Indian Reservation. As of the 2020 census, the population was 59.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 66 to 59 (-11%). Half of its homes were built before 1959.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Kickapoo Site 5 yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.

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Famous people close to Kickapoo Site 5

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Lynn JenkinsLynn JenkinsHolton · 14 miTod D. WoltersTod D. WoltersHiawatha · 14 miBernard W. RogersBernard W. RogersFairview · 12 miBill JamesBill JamesHolton · 14 miJohn Moore AllisonJohn Moore AllisonHolton · 14 miJoe TinkerJoe TinkerMuscotah · 12 mi
By decade

Kickapoo Site 5, decade by decade

Before
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Kickapoo Site 5 is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Kickapoo Site 5 has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Bank of Powhattan Building in Powhattan, 6.6 miles away.

Kickapoo Site 5 and the nearest listed places

Dashed line = Kickapoo Site 5. Tap a dot.
Bank of Powhattan BuildingDelaware River Warren Truss BridgeHorton Civic CenterUS Post Office-HortonFete ApartmentsHolton Bath House

Closest to Kickapoo Site 5

Bank of Powhattan BuildingPowhattan · Building6.6miDelaware River Warren Truss BridgePowhattan · Structure7.7miHorton Civic CenterHorton · District8.3miUS Post Office-HortonHorton · Built 19388.3miFete ApartmentsHorton · Building8.5mi

How a place gets listed

1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Bank of Powhattan Building’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Kickapoo Site 5?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Kickapoo Site 5’s story, or a memory of it.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.

Stories next door

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📜 Powhattan📜 Netawaka📜 Powhattan📜 Whiting
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