Antonino is an

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in Lookout Township,

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, United States.

History

Due to the distance from their homes to St. Francis Church in Munjor, a group of the church's

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parishioners requested a new parish and subsequently founded Antonino in 1904. They originally wanted to name the new community St. Anthony, but the

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rejected that name for being too similar to that of

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. Instead, they applied for the name "Saint Antonino" after a village in

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in which several residents had once lived. Due to postal regulations at that time, however, "Saint" was removed from the name. Another account claims that Antonino was named for Anthony Sauer, who was said to be the community's oldest resident. Local residents built a new church in 1905, and a local post office opened the same year. A school house was completed in 1939, and then a new church building in 1952. The post office closed in 1984.

Geography

Antonino is located at (38.7080679, -99.1656536) at an elevation of . It is west of U.S. Route 183, south of

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, and south-southwest of Hays, the

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. Antonino lies north of the

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in the

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region of the

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Education

The community is served by Hays USD 489 public school district.

Transportation

Antonino Road, a paved county road, runs east–west through the community, connecting it to U.S. Route 183 to the east.

References

External links

* Ellis County maps
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