Denmark
It was settled in 1869 by Danish Lutherans. In 1886 the Union Pacific Railroad built a branch line called the Salina, Lincoln and Northwestern Railroad. Denmark was a stop along the route, roughly 6 miles west of Lincoln. The late 1890’s were drought years. Land that once sold for $20 an acre now sold for $10.00, but the image tell the tale that many stuck it out.
Lincoln County has ever been ambitious to excel in school matters. The first school taught in the county was at the house of Martin Hendrickson in 1868 by Marion Ivy. The second school was taught in 1869 by David G. Bacon in a dugout near the same place. The first public school was in District No. 2, at Monroe, by Mrs. Skinner, in 1870. The county now has seventy-eight school districts with good comfortable buildings, valued at $19,250. The school expenses for the year ending July 31, 1882 were $10,935. The county has 2,888 children of school age, 2,267 of which are enrolled, and 1,510 of which are in daily attendance. The average salary of male teachers is $25 per month, and females, $22.
William G. Cutler’s History of the State of Kansas, Lincoln County, 1883
Kansas One Room Schools 