Legislature moves county seat to Humboldt. Humboldt post office opens. 1859 Iola is founded. Eighteen months drought began. A constitutional convention at Wyandotte adopts a constitution for Kansas prohibiting slavery.
Crops fail for want of moisture.
First regular census taken in June. Allen County population is 3,120. Congress accepts Wyandotte Constitution and on January 29th. Kansas is admitted to the Union as the 34th. Population for the state is 107,000.