Frankfort was laid out in 1867 when the Central Branch Union Pacific Railroad was built through the area. The nearby post office of Nottingham, established in 1857, moved roughly a half-mile northwest to meet the railroad. It was named for Frank Schmidt, a member of the town company. Frankfort was incorporated as a city of the third class in 1875.
The town lost 32 men during World War II, more per capita than any other community in the USA.
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History of Marshall County, Kansas1917 · page I95Read the page →
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Vliets, Noble township, is one of the busy little villages of Marshall county. It is located on the Central Branch railroad between Vermillion and Frankfort, and has a population of about one hundred fifty. It was founded in 1889 and platted and laid out on the Van Vleit farm and named for that family.
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History of Marshall County, Kansas1917 · page 485Read the page →
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erected the parish house there and in many other ways strengthened the parish, remaining there until June 27, 1909, when he was transferred to the parish at Emmett, where lie remained for two years, or until his transfer to the parish of the Annunciation at Frankfort. June 27, 191 1, a charge which he still holds and in which he is doing much to advance the cause of the parish, both in a spiritual and a material way, excellent progress having been reported in all departments of the work of the church during his pastorate.
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Frankfort, 1857 to 1913
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