[4] N.C. Boles became the first postmaster in the county with the opening of the Peters post office at Kinsley, then known as Petersboro in 1873.

Kinsley, a Bostonian who generously funded the construction of the first church edifice, a Congregationalist building completed in 1875.

[5] The infamous grasshopper raid of 1874 decimated crops, leaving many residents without means to sustain themselves.

The county commissioners petitioned Governor Osborn for aid, emphasizing the plight of families and advocating for work programs over handouts.

The County Treasurer, J. W. Crawford, was implicated in the bank robbery and removed from office.

K-19 starts at U.S. Route 50 near Belpre, and travels north into Pawnee County.

Edwards County was a prohibition, or "dry", county until the Kansas Constitution was amended in 1986 and voters approved the sale of alcoholic liquor by the individual drink with a 30% food sales requirement.

The city of Kinsley is considered governmentally independent and is excluded from the census figures for the townships.