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Historical Markers in Horton

 
Clickable Map of Brown County, Kansas and Immediately Adjacent Jurisdictions image/svg+xml 2019-10-06 U.S. Census Bureau, Abe.suleiman; Lokal_Profil; HMdb.org; J.J.Prats/dc:title> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Usa_counties_large.svg Brown County, KS (11) Atchison County, KS (41) Doniphan County, KS (44) Jackson County, KS (11) Nemaha County, KS (20) Richardson County, NE (14)  BrownCounty(11) Brown County (11)  AtchisonCounty(41) Atchison County (41)  DoniphanCounty(44) Doniphan County (44)  JacksonCounty(11) Jackson County (11)  NemahaCounty(20) Nemaha County (20)  RichardsonCountyNebraska(14) Richardson County (14)
Hiawatha is the county seat for Brown County
Horton is in Brown County
Brown County (11)  ►
ADJACENT TO BROWN COUNTY
Atchison County (41)  ►
Doniphan County (44)  ►
Jackson County (11)  ►
Nemaha County (20)  ►
Richardson County, Nebraska (14)  ►
 
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1 ► Kansas, Brown County, Horton — 111 — First REA Project in Kansas —
At this site the first power pole for the Brown-Atchison Electric Cooperative was dedicated in special ceremony on November 10, 1937. Brown-Atchison was the first rural electric project to energize in Kansas financed by loan funds from the Rural . . . — — Map (db m63774) HM
2 ► Kansas, Brown County, Horton — "Four Horsemen of the Lines" —
Unquestionably the most widely published photograph in rural electrification history captures high drama and momentum as the last miles of line are pulled only the day before energization for the Brown-Atchison Electric Cooperative Association, . . . — — Map (db m63775) HM
3 ► Kansas, Brown County, Horton — Horton Civic Center — [Brown County Fairgrounds] —
. . . — — Map (db m63782) HM
 
 
  
  
 
 
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Nov. 10, 2026