Nicodemus National Historic Site

National Park Service, Kansas.

Formerly enslaved African Americans left Kentucky at the end of the post-Civil War Reconstruction period to experience freedom in the "Promised Land" of Kansas. Nicodemus represents the involvement of African Americans in the westward expansion and settlement of the Great Plains. It is the oldest and only remaining Black settlement west of the Mississippi River.


Directions

Nicodemus National Historic Site is located in northwestern Kansas on Highway 24 between Hill City and Stockton.

Additional Information

  • Nicodemus National Historic Site Map
  • Nicodemus National Historic Site Official Website

Photo Gallery

  • District Number 1 SchoolhouseDistrict Number 1 Schoolhouse on a cloudy summer day.
  • Nicodemus National Historic Site
  • Nicodemus National Historic Site
  • The First Baptist ChurchChurch seen through a field of prairie grass.
  • Township HallThe Township Hall on a beautiful summer day.
  • Nicodemus A.M.E. (African Methodist Episcopal) Church
  • Nicodemus DescendantsNicodemus Descendants outisde the park Visitor Center
  • St. Francis Hotel (Fletcher-Switzer Home)The St. Francis Hotel (Fletcher-Switzer Home)

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