The town of Lehigh was established in 1877 when the Santa Fe Railroad was laid through Marion County. It had a weekly newspaper, the Marion County Record, publishing as early as 1881. The land on which the town was plotted was originally owned by Lee Hays, and according to one account, the town was named after him.
Many Volga German families settled in and around Lehigh, Kansas, arriving during the first years of the Volga German migration (1870s).
- Declaration of Intentions filed in Marion Co., Kansas (Janet Flickenger)
- Weinbrenner, Loren. The Story of Lehigh. North Newton, KS: Bethel College, 1961.
1920 US Federal Census - Lehigh and Lehigh Township (Janet Flickinger)
Lehigh, Kansas (wikipedia)
Welcome to Lehigh (Marion County Economic Development Council)
Main Street in Lehigh, Kansas (1908).