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In 1867, Cloud County was established.
Cloud county was originally named "Shirley" county, but civic leaders feared that sounded too much like the name of a prostitute. It was then renamed "Cloud" county in honor of Colonel William F. Cloud.
Cloud County was formed from the existing Washington County, Kansas in a joint convention with Republic and Cloud counties. The county was legally organized on September 6, 1866.
Beginning in 1854, charitable institutions in New York City began sending orphans on trains to the west to find new families, feeling that the children would fare better out west than on the streets of New York. Orphan trains arrived in Kansas between 1867 and 1930, and some 5000-6000 children were placed in Kansas homes.....The National Orphan Train Complex is located in Cloud County.
Adjacent Counties
Cities
- Aurora
- Clyde
- Concordia
- Glasco
- Jamestown
- Miltonvale
- Simpson (part)
Other Communities: Ames, Como, Cook, Cool, Hannum, Hollis, Huscher, Lawrenceburg, Macyville, Meredith, Minersville, Nelson, Oneonta, Princeville, Rice, Rosaco, Saint Joseph, Sibley, Sulphur Springs and Yuma
Links
National Register of Historic Places
Cloud County Genealogical Research
Cloud County Genealogical Society
