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Fredonia, KS - History


We would like to provide the residents of  Fredonia  a basic history overview.


Welcome to the Fredonia Home page. The Fredonia Home page provides as much information as possible on Fredonia. Knowing Fredonia’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Fredonia’s Home page, you will also find Fredonia’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.

Fredonia has a population of 2077. 47.8% of Fredonia’s inhabitants are Male, and 52.2 are female. 49.5% of Fredonia is married and 64.7% own their own home. The Average Home price is $72,621, and the average rent is $650. Household median income in Fredonia is $48,320, and the individual median income is $26,417. Fredonia’s Ethnic is the following: White(93.4%), Hispanic(7.1%), Multiple(5.4%), Black(0.9%), Other(0.3%).


Fredonia was laid out in 1868 near a large hillock located along the St. Louis & San Francisco Railway in southeast Kansas. It was named after Fredonia, New York. The first building on the town site was a general store, erected in 1868, on the southwest corner of the town square, soon followed by a simple courthouse and hotel.


The first post office was established in August 1868. The Gold Dust Hotel was completed in 1885. It became a booming town with an emphasis on large industry. In May 1913, a large vein of semi-anthracite coal was discovered near the town. The coal that was found was “said to be of better quality than any other found in Kansas” at that time.


With this discovery, it had the possibility of bringing in large amounts of money for the Wilson County area. A cement plant opened in Fredonia in 1907, supplying jobs to the community for more than 100 years, before it was closed in 2012. The economy in Fredonia was again boosted by the Archer Daniels Midland Company.


The plant was obtained in 1928 and operated as a soybean processing facility and supplied many jobs for the growing industrial town. In March 2003 the plant announced it would close its Fredonia branch effective immediately. At one time, Fredonia was a hub for oil and natural gas development.


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