In November 2016, the community voted on whether dissolve Frederick. Election workers at the Eureka Township voting location accidentally made a mistake by giving the wrong ballots to township residents who didn't actually live in Frederick. 20 people voted, 13 voted to keep the community alive, but currently only 9 people live in Frederick. The mistake was caught more than a week after the vote was certified, which is after the 5 day window to contest a vote, thus Kansas Law locked the outcome, Frederick is still a city.