Kingman’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 3 old photos of Kingman. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Kingman was laid out in 1874. Like Kingman County, it was named for Samuel A. Kingman, chief justice of the Kansas Supreme Court.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Kingman’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Kingman’s history is told.
2 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewStreet view with automobile parke…, 1910: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Kingman
See all 7 →Kingman, decade by decade
1980s
6 historic places in Kingman
6 places in Kingman 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
Listed 1972Kingman City Building
Listed 1985Kingman County Courthouse
Listed 1989US Post Office-Kingman
Listed 2001Kingman Santa Fe Depot
Listed 2004Kingman National Guard ArmoryListed 1987Kingman Carnegie LibraryThen & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Street view with automobile parked in foreground (1910) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (4), the Library of Congress (1) and the National Register (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.