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as its inaugural county seat. However, between 1865 and 1875, the county seat underwent multiple relocations, shifting back and forth between Neosho Falls and Kalida, then to Defiance, before ultimately settling in 1876 at the newly established Yates Center, strategically positioned at the heart of
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Built from 1899 to 1900, the courthouse was the second in Yates Center and replaced a wooden building moved to the city from
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Courthouse Sq. between Main, Rutledge, State, and Butler Sts.,
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Woodson County Courthouse (Kansas)
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Woodson County Courthouse is located in Kansas
Woodson County Courthouse is located in the United States
Yates Center, Kansas
37°52′54″N 95°43′58″W / 37.88167°N 95.73278°W / 37.88167; -95.73278
George P. Washburn
85002951
Yates Center
Woodson County
Kansas
Neosho Falls
Defiance
George P. Washburn
Kingman County Courthouse
Late Victorian
Romanesque Revival
Queen Anne
cupola
National Register of Historic Places
Yates Center Courthouse Square Historic District


"National Register Information System"
National Register of Historic Places
National Park Service
"History of the State of Kansas, Woodson County"
the original
"National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Woodson County Courthouse"

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