Kingman, KS

Kingman is the Kingman County seat, laid out in 1874 beside the Ninnescah River and named for Samuel A. Kingman, chief justice of the Kansas Supreme Court. The county-seat question was settled by election in 1881, when Kingman’s temporary status became permanent. A 1907–08 courthouse still gives the city its civic center, while the river keeps the local geography legible. Kingman is south-central Kansas in a courthouse-and-river combination, with the county name and city name sharing the same origin.