USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Nicodemus was the first black community west of the Mississippi River and is the only predominantly black community west of the Mississippi that remains a living community today.

Detailed explanation-2: -Nicodemus represents the involvement of African Americans in the westward expansion and settlement of the Great Plains. It is the oldest and only remaining Black settlement west of the Mississippi River.

Detailed explanation-3: -Nicodemus is an unincorporated community in Graham County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the community and nearby areas was 14. The community was founded in 1877 and is named for the Biblical figure Nicodemus.

Detailed explanation-4: -In 1873, he led a group of 300 to Cherokee County near Baxter Springs. As the Cherokee settlement flourished he organized another colony to come from Lexington, Kentucky and settle in Graham County. This settlement of Nicodemus grew and prospered for a time.

Detailed explanation-5: -The six founders, W. H. Smith, Benjamin Carr, Jerry Allsap, the Reverend Simon Roundtree, Jeff Lenze, and William Edmonds, all from Lexington, Kentucky, named the town Nicodemus after a legendary African slave prince who had purchased his freedom.