City
Dunlap
In 1878 Benjamin "Pap" Singleton established an Exoduster colony at Dunlap in Morris County. Dunlap Colored Cemetery serves that colony and is on the National Register.
Timeline
- 1878 Dunlap Colored Cemetery is associated with Singleton's Dunlap Colony (started 1878) and Exoduster settlement in Morris and Lyon counties. Sourced National Park Servicehttps://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset/f5c00c61-fdd0-4199-8281-31954172a763Retrieved 2026-08-22
- 1879 Singleton Colony of Morris and Lyon Counties was incorporated with the State of Kansas on June 24, 1879. Sourced Kansas Historic Resources Inventoryhttps://khri.kansasgis.org/photos_docs/127-0000-00038_24.pdfRetrieved 2026-08-22
- 1880 Dunlap Colored Cemetery was established in 1880; land was deeded to cemetery association trustees in 1893. Sourced Dunlap Colored Cemeteryhttps://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/100002967Retrieved 2026-08-22
Connected through
Singleton Exoduster colony, 1878 Exoduster Flierhttps://www.kansashistory.gov/kansapedia/exoduster-flier/10198
Notes
Dunlap Colored Cemetery is associated with the Exoduster Dunlap Colony. Sourced Dunlap Colored Cemeteryhttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q117597040Retrieved 2026-08-22
Dunlap Colored Cemetery is associated with Singleton's Dunlap Colony (started 1878) and Exoduster settlement in Morris and Lyon counties. Sourced National Park Servicehttps://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset/f5c00c61-fdd0-4199-8281-31954172a763Retrieved 2026-08-22
Kansapedia’s Exodusters article provides statewide context for the post to Civil War Black migration to Kansas in which Dunlap’s Singleton colony sits. Link only Exodustershttps://www.kansashistory.gov/kansapedia/exodusters/12048Retrieved 2026-08-22
In May 1878 the colony near Dunlap numbered 18 families (122 persons). Sourced Kansas Historic Resources Inventoryhttps://khri.kansasgis.org/photos_docs/127-0000-00038_24.pdfRetrieved 2026-08-22
Singleton Colony of Morris and Lyon Counties was incorporated with the State of Kansas on June 24, 1879. Sourced Kansas Historic Resources Inventoryhttps://khri.kansasgis.org/photos_docs/127-0000-00038_24.pdfRetrieved 2026-08-22
Dunlap Colored Cemetery was established in 1880; land was deeded to cemetery association trustees in 1893. Sourced Dunlap Colored Cemeteryhttps://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/100002967Retrieved 2026-08-22
Singleton’s 1878 Dunlap colony is a Connected-through Exodusters peer from Nicodemus. Link only Exoduster Flierhttps://www.kansashistory.gov/kansapedia/exoduster-flier/10198Retrieved 2026-08-22
The Great Exodus was a large-scale Black migration from the South to Kansas after Reconstruction. Sourced National Park Servicehttps://www.nps.gov/articles/nicodemus.htmRetrieved 2026-08-22
Kansapedia Exodusters coverage documents Benjamin “Pap” Singleton colonization activity in Kansas that includes the Dunlap colony founding context (link-out). Link only Exodustershttps://www.kansashistory.gov/kansapedia/exodusters/12048Retrieved 2026-08-22
Benjamin “Pap” Singleton organized the 1878 Dunlap colony after earlier southeastern Kansas colonization efforts (Kansapedia Exoduster flier / Exodusters articles). Link only Exoduster Flierhttps://www.kansashistory.gov/kansapedia/exoduster-flier/10198Retrieved 2026-08-22