Winfield Once Lagonda
Collection: Winfield Scott
Title
Winfield Once Lagonda
Subject
Lagonda
Winfield, KS - History
Scott, Winfield
Description
This document describes the history of how Winfield, KS was named. Before 1869, it was once known as Lagonda, KS.
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Unknown
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Publisher
Winfield Public Library, Winfield, Kansas USA
Date
Unknown
Rights
Format
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Language
English
Type
Miscellaneous Documents
Citation
Unknown, “Winfield Once Lagonda,” Winfield Digital Collections, accessed June 23, 2026, https://winfield.digitalsckls.info/item/206.
Text
WINFIELD ONCE LAGONDA
As to the name of the town there was something of a dispute and rivalry.
To induce his wife to leave civilization and come here to Kansas a Mr.Wood promised his bride that the new town should bear her name,Lagonda, which
name it was given and bore for some time.
Later in 1869 a W.W.Andrews,another settler,returned to Leavenworth for
his bride and used the same argument, promising to name the town Winfield in honor of Winfield Scott,the Baptist minister there.
When Mr. & Mrs.Andrews returned to their frontier home another settler sided with Mrs.Andrews as her home town in New York had borne the name of Winfield. The name of the town was changed from Lagonda to Winfield by vote at a special election.
Original Format
paper
Title
Winfield Once Lagonda
Subject
Lagonda
Winfield, KS - History
Scott, Winfield
Description
This document describes the history of how Winfield, KS was named. Before 1869, it was once known as Lagonda, KS.
Creator
Unknown
Source
Unknown
Publisher
Winfield Public Library, Winfield, Kansas USA
Date
Unknown
Rights
Format
text/plain
Language
English
Type
Miscellaneous Documents
Citation
Unknown, “Winfield Once Lagonda,” Winfield Digital Collections, accessed June 23, 2026, https://winfield.digitalsckls.info/item/206.Text
WINFIELD ONCE LAGONDA
As to the name of the town there was something of a dispute and rivalry.
To induce his wife to leave civilization and come here to Kansas a Mr.Wood promised his bride that the new town should bear her name,Lagonda, which
name it was given and bore for some time.
Later in 1869 a W.W.Andrews,another settler,returned to Leavenworth for
his bride and used the same argument, promising to name the town Winfield in honor of Winfield Scott,the Baptist minister there.
When Mr. & Mrs.Andrews returned to their frontier home another settler sided with Mrs.Andrews as her home town in New York had borne the name of Winfield. The name of the town was changed from Lagonda to Winfield by vote at a special election.
Original Format
paper