page_title: Windom, Kansas
section_title: 19th century
hierarchical_section_title: Windom, Kansas / History / 19th century
caption_attribution_description: English: Stouffer's Railroad Map of Kansas, 1915-1918, McPherson County.
context_page_description: Windom is a city in McPherson County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 130.
context_section_description: For millennia, the land now known as Kansas was inhabited by Native Americans.  In 1803, most of modern Kansas was secured by the United States as part of the Louisiana Purchase.  In 1854, the Kansas Territory was organized, then in 1861 Kansas became the 34th U.S. state.  In 1867, McPherson County was founded.
  In 1878, Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway and parties from Marion County and McPherson County chartered the Marion and McPherson Railway Company.  In 1879, a branch line was built from Florence to McPherson, in 1880 it was extended to Lyons, in 1881 it was extended to Ellinwood.  The line was leased and operated by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway.  The line from Florence to Marion, was abandoned in 1968.  In 1992, the line from Marion to McPherson was sold to Central Kansas Railway. In 1993, after heavy flood damage, the line from Marion to McPherson was abandoned.  The original branch line connected Florence, Marion, Canada, Hillsboro, Lehigh, Canton, Galva, McPherson, Conway, Windom, Little River, Mitchell, Lyons, Chase, Ellinwood.
  Some hold Windom was named in honor of William Windom, while others believe its namesake is Windham County, Connecticut.
caption: 1915 Railroad Map of McPherson County
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