Formerly enslaved African Americans left Kentucky at the end of the post-Civil War Reconstruction period to experience freedom in the "Promised Land" of Kansas. Nicodemus represents the involvement of African Americans in the homesteading movement across the Great Plains. It is the oldest and only remaining Black settlement west of the Mississippi River.
Interviews with descendants from the Nicodemus community.
The five historic buildings were declared a unit of the National Park System on November 12, 1996.
Catch up on Nicodemus happenings in 2024 and learn what we have planned for 2025!
The oldest and only remaining Black settlement west of the Mississippi River.
Be a Junior Ranger at Nicodemus National Historic Site
Listen to some of the oral history interviews we have from Nicodemus descendants
