Transcribed from volume II of Kansas: a cyclopedia of state history, embracing events, institutions, industries, counties, cities, towns, prominent persons, etc. ... / with a supplementary volume devoted to selected personal history and reminiscence. Standard Pub. Co. Chicago : 1912. 3 v. in 4. : front., ill., ports.; 28 cm. Vols. I-II edited by Frank W. Blackmar.

Shirley County, was created by the act of Feb. 27, 1860, which provided that: "The territory composed of townships 5, 6, 7 and 8 south, in ranges, 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, west of the 6th principal meridian, shall constitute the county of Shirley." It was named after a woman in jest. By the act of creation commissioners were appointed to locate a temporary county seat, and by the act of Feb. 26, 1867, the name was changed to Cloud county.

Page 693 from volume II of Kansas: a cyclopedia of state history, embracing events, institutions, industries, counties, cities, towns, prominent persons, etc. ... / with a supplementary volume devoted to selected personal history and reminiscence. Standard Pub. Co. Chicago : 1912. 3 v. in 4. : front., ill., ports.; 28 cm. Vols. I-II edited by Frank W. Blackmar. Transcribed July 2002 by Carolyn Ward.