"Go to Kansas"
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.
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National Historic Landmark Nomination
The Nicodemus Township has been nominated as a National Historic Landmark. A final draft of that nomination is available for public review.
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Newsletter
Read the current issue of Flowering of Nicodemus. The newsletter is published three times per year.
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Social Media
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Five Historic Buildings
The five historic buildings of Nicodemus are physical expressions of the five pillars that continue to anchor African American communities.
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Did You Know?
The original settlers of Nicodemus organized the town using the five pillars of many African American communities: religion, education, home ownership, business, and civic government.