The settlement of Scandia was in the fall of 1868 by members of the Scandinavian Agriculture Society of Chicago, Illinois. The town was named new Scandinavia and most of the early settlers were Swedish, Danish, and Norwegian. The Scandia Museum houses many relics from the early settlers to the present.
Long before white men settled Kansas this region was the home of Pawnee Indians. French traders in the late 1700'
Scandia, KS Historical MarkersThe 1915 church building and the original church of 1877, were under the Swedish Methodist Episcopal Conference. In 1925, the combined charge of Providence Chapel (a country church)
Scandia, KS Historic ChurchesThe Scandia Museum houses many relics from the early settlers who were mostly Swedish, Danish, and Norwegian.
Scandia, KS MuseumsThe 3-story mansion was built in the early 1890s by Thure Wohlfort, one of the original colonists of New Scandinavia (Scandia). Prior to building this, the family had lived in a dugout followed by a smaller stone house.
Scandia, KS MuseumsLakewood Discovery Center at Lakewood Park is a unique setting which creates and nurtures curiosity and interest of nature wi...