Kirkwood, Kansas facts for kids

Kirkwood is a small place located in Crawford County, Kansas, in the United States. It is known as an "unincorporated community." This means it's not officially a city or town with its own local government, like a mayor or city council. Instead, it's part of the larger county and gets its services from the county government.

History of Kirkwood

Kirkwood got its start around the year 1892. A man named Archie Kirkwood, who was involved in the mining industry, decided to establish a special kind of settlement. This settlement was called a "coal camp." A coal camp was a community built specifically for coal miners and their families to live near the mines where they worked. Archie Kirkwood named this new camp after himself, and that's how Kirkwood began.