Menoken, Shawnee County

Title

Menoken, Shawnee County

Subject

A Town Grown By Farmers: Menoken, Shawnee County, Kansas, 1876-1936

Description

This study explores what the town of Menoken, Menoken Township, Shawnee County, Kansas was like, and what happened to it. Menoken was eventually overtaken by bigger sister towns Topeka and Silver Lake. Methods include interviews, maps of the county, photographs of town site as it is today, and newspaper articles about the town.

Creator

Nicholas Gonzalez

Publisher

Chapman Center for Rural Studies

Date

Fall, 2015

Contributor

Kansas State University

Rights

Chapman Center for Rural Studies

Format

PDF

Language

English

Geolocation

Citation

Nicholas Gonzalez, “Menoken, Shawnee County,” Chapman Center Research Collections, accessed May 27, 2023, https://ccrsresearchcollections.omeka.net/items/show/164.