In 1873, Marquette, Kansas was settled.

Marquette is a charming Kansas town located in McPherson County. Marquette is home to the Kansas Motorcycle Museum.

By 1890, the population of Marquette was 367. Today, Marquette’s population is fewer than 1,000.

Marquette is one of a handful of Kansas municipalities where a future homeowner who chooses to relocate to Marquette could acquire a residential lot for their new home build through Kansas’s homesteading provision.

Residential lots in Marquette’s homesteading program have ranged from between 11,000 to 25,000 square feet.

Lincoln is a quaint Kansas town located in Lincoln County. Lincoln in home to Crispins Drug Store Museum.

Lincoln was settled in 1870. By 1880, Lincoln’s population was 400. In 2020, the population of Lincoln was fewer than 1,500.

In Lincoln, free land (with conditions) has been able to be conveyed to Kansas homesteaders through Lincoln’s homesteading program. The homesteaded land in Lincoln has been able to be conveyed with the condition that the homesteader builds – and lives in – a new single-family home on their homesteaded lot.

Residential lots in Lincoln’s homesteading program have ranged from between 14,000 to 35,000 square feet.

Homesteading in Marquette and Lincoln is accompanied by conditions homesteaders are required to meet.

In Lincoln, a homesteader is required to build – and live in – their new single-family home. Also, a new home built in Lincoln on a homesteaded lot is required to have a minimum of 1,300 square feet of living area.