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Nicodemus National Historic Site is located in northwestern Kansas on Highway 24 between Hill City and Stockton.
Phone
(785) 839-4233
Campground Reservations
Hiking Trails
Related Link(s)
More Kansas Recreation Areas | Nicodemus National Historic Site Official Website | Nicodemus National Historic Site Map
Formerly enslaved African Americans left Kentucky in organized colonies at the end of the of 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.
