Editing Frederick, Kansas (section)

==History==
{{See also|History of Kansas}}

Frederick was incorporated in 1909.  It was a shipping point at the junction of the Missouri Pacific and the St. Louis & San Francisco railroads.<ref name="book1">{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_o8X5krq3fP8C | title=Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Embracing Events, Institutions, Industries, Counties, Cities, Towns, Prominent Persons, Etc. | publisher=Standard Publishing Company | author=Blackmar, Frank Wilson | year=1912 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_o8X5krq3fP8C/page/n680 684]}}</ref>

A post office was opened in Frederick (also spelled historically Frederic) in 1887, and remained in operation until being discontinued in 1954.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kshs.org/geog/geog_postoffices/search/county:RC |title=Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961 |publisher=Kansas Historical Society |accessdate=22 June 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131009133151/http://www.kshs.org/geog/geog_postoffices/search/county%3ARC |archivedate=October 9, 2013 }}</ref>

In July 2015, Government officials report considering un-incorporating the city.<ref name="HutchNews-20150711">{{cite web|url=http://www.hutchnews.com/news/local_state_news/frederick-population-nine-lingers-as-rice-county-ponders-town-s/article_9f2a0535-0df6-5dbc-8381-bd7fa96d1ee9.html|publisher=[[Hutchinson Daily News]]|title=Frederick, population nine, lingers as Rice County ponders town's future|date=July 11, 2015|accessdate=July 13, 2015|first=Amy|last=Bickel}}</ref>  As of August 2015, for the first time in nearly 130 years, the city doesn't have a city council and no one ran for mayor in April 2015. The future of Frederick is uncertain because [[Rice County, Kansas|Rice County]] doesn't have the power to unincorporate the city. According to state law, residents must bring a petition to the city council, then a special election will be called for a vote, but since there is no city council, then it is impossible.<ref>[http://www.kansasagland.com/news/stateagnews/frederick-is-on-the-brink-of-vanishing-with-county-left/article_71440689-f36a-58e3-a2fc-77487f12f636.html Frederick is on the brink of vanishing, with county left in lurch over town showing no participation; Kansas Agland; August 27, 2015.]</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbV6aSFft30 The uncertain future of Frederick; TheHutchinsonNews; YouTube.]</ref><ref>[http://www.kansasagland.com/dead_towns/frederick-population-nine-lingers-as-rice-county-ponders-town-s/article_19eb2816-422b-5fc3-afe6-0ba62205d1b4.html Frederick, population nine, lingers as Rice County ponders town's future; Kansas Agland; July 12, 2015.]</ref>

In November 2016, the community voted on whether to dissolve Frederick.  Election workers at the [[Eureka Township, Rice County, Kansas|Eureka Township]] voting location accidentally gave the wrong ballots to township residents who didn't actually live in Frederick.  Twenty people voted, 13 voting to keep the community alive, but currently, only nine people live in Frederick.  The mistake was caught more than a week after the vote was certified, which was, therefore, after the five-day window to contest a vote, thus Kansas law locked the outcome: Frederick is still a city.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20161203042520/http://www.kansasagland.com/news/stateagnews/tiny-frederick-kansas-had-people-vote-who-weren-t-registered/article_97df5b81-1a64-5813-bc42-6540289b5133.html Tiny Frederick, Kansas, had people vote who weren't registered there to keep the town, and Kris Kobach's office is standing by it; Kansas Agland; November 30, 2016.]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20161203042311/http://ksn.com/2016/12/02/election-mistake-in-frederick-kobach-stands-by-results/ Election mistake in Frederick, Kobach stands by results; KSN tv; December 2, 2016.]</ref>

In November 2017, another ballot issue was voted on whether to dissolve the city.  The vote was 2-2.<ref>{{cite web|title=Freeport to dissolve; Frederick remains a city|url=http://www.hutchnews.com/news/20171113/freeport-to-dissolve-frederick-remains-city|website=Hutchison News|accessdate=17 November 2017}}</ref>