Kappa cemetery is located at the northeast edge of the village, and in 1890 a walk was built connecting the two. Kappa has had electric lights for many years, but it was not until 1951 that street lights were installed. The Village Board of Trustees is composed of James Thompson, president; Floyd McClure, clerk; Ernest Nevius, Jesse Nevius, William Corbley, David Turpin, Jack Brown and Marion Leenhouts.
The present business activities
of the village includes a branch plant of the El Paso Elevator Company,
Drake's general store, three taverns with the Ro-Jo serving complete dinners,
and a shipping station for corn cobs.
Kappa
(Reprinted from The Woodford County History, 1968)
After Caleb Horn moved to Kappa in 1854, Mrs. Ann Dewey taught a private school in the home for several years. Matilda Hassom was the first public school teacher teaching in a log house built in 1856. This building was moved two miles west of the village in 1864, and a larger one built on the site.
Frederick Niergarth succeeded Jones as postmaster, followed by George Lallmann, J. B. Drake, then his daughter, Florence Drake, after her death in 1922, her brother Eugene Drake continued in the office until he retired Nov. 30, 1957. The office was moved to the Leenhouts building, and Sally Nelson and Lee Reed served for short periods; the office closed Oct. 31, 1958, and residents of the area received their mail from a rural route out of El Paso.
James C. Jaynes lived near Kappa in 1852 and became the first grain dealer in the village in 1853. However, the
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