In December of 1877, James F. Keeney and Albert E. Warren purchased from the Kansas Pacific Railway Co. the land that was to become WaKeeney (a contraction of their names). The first Volga Germans began settling to the north and west of WaKeeney in the late 1890s.
Trego Center:
Trego Center is a community located about 9 miles south of the city of WaKeeney, and is centered around Zion Lutheran Church which is located there.
- Christ the King Catholic Cemetery (findagrave.com)
- Kansas Veteran's Cemetery at WaKeeney (findagrave.com)
- Kansas Veteran's Cemetery at WaKeeney (GenWeb)
- Kansas Veteran's Cemetery at WaKeeney (Kansas Trails)
- WaKeeney City Cemetery (findagrave.com)
- WaKeeney City Cemetery - East (GenWeb)
- Zion Lutheran Cemetery (findagrave.com)
- City of WaKeeney (Skyways)
- WaKeeney (Wikipedia)
- WaKeeney.com News (wakeeney.com)
Colonies
WaKeeney has been called the Christmas City of the High Plains since 1950.