Photo taken by Beth Gillis

There were two churches and cemeteries in Dispatch... one still has this sign by it and an online history states, "In the 1860’s census, there were only 45 Netherlands born citizens in Kansas, but his changed quickly as more and more Dutch families came to this area. They continued living their faith in God and soon were gathering in Teunis Kuiken’s home to worship together. When Antje Kuiken married Berend Koops, their larger home was the worship place. They organized a Christian Reformed Church in 1872 but it was not chartered until later. For these Dutch settlers, their church was as vital a necessity to their spiritual life as food to their physical being. It was on the suggestion of the home missionary, Rev. T. VandenBosch, that they have a more formal worship service. They then started meeting in the near-by Little Oak Schoolhouse. Soon after this organization, Teunis Kuiken donated 4 acres of his land in the very northwest corner of Section 30 in Erving Township in Jewell County, to the church for the church building and grounds." Mr. Kuiken is listed in this findAgrave cemetery, so it is assumed from the above that the church was officially founded circa 1874.