page_title: Paxico, Kansas
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Paxico, Kansas / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Main Street in Paxico, Kansas. Identifier: earlyhistoryofwa00thom Title: Early history of Wabaunsee County, Kansas, with stories of pioneer days and glimpses of our western border.. Year: 1901 (1900s) Authors: Thomson, Matt Subjects: Wabaunsee County (Kan.) -- History Publisher: Alma, Kansas Contributing Library: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center Digitizing Sponsor: MSN View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: VOLLAND STATION. Seven miles southwest of Alma. Text Appearing After Image: MAIN STREET, PAXICO. EARLY HISTORY OF WABAUNSEE COUNTY, KAN. Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.
context_page_description: Paxico is a city in Wabaunsee County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 221.
context_section_description: Paxico was originally called Strong Mill, and under this former name was established in 1879 about one mile east of the present town site. A post office was set up and named Paxico, in honor of the Potawatomi medicine man Pashqua. When the railroad was built though the area in 1886, the town moved in order to be alongside it.
  In 1887, the Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska Railway built a main line from Topeka through Paxico to Herington.  The Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska Railway was foreclosed in 1891 and taken over by Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway, which shut down in 1980 and reorganized as Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas Railroad, merged in 1988 with Missouri Pacific Railroad, merged in 1997 with Union Pacific Railroad.  Most locals still refer to this railroad as the "Rock Island".
caption: Main Street in Paxico, 1901
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