Wilson, KS

Wilson is a city in Ellsworth County, Kansas, United States. The 2020 census counted 859 residents. The community promotes itself as the "Czech Capital of Kansas" due to the role of Czech immigrant settlers in its early history. The Butterfield Overland Despatch built a stagecoach station one-half mile south of present-day Wilson in 1865. Due to the number of Czech immigrants who settled the area in 1874, Wilson was proclaimed the "Czech Capital of Kansas" on July 10, 1967 by Kansas Governor Robert Docking. To celebrate this heritage, the city holds an annual After Harvest Czech Festival on the last Saturday in July.

Wilson High School is one of two high schools in the district along with Central Plains High School. Wilson makes sense once you see how its past, landscape, and current gathering spots overlap. The useful thing to know about Wilson is that its older landmarks and current settings belong to one connected place. Three years later, the Kansas Pacific Railway built Wilson Station, named after the surrounding township, at the modern town site.