Carneiro is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
in
Ellsworth County, Kansas
Ellsworth County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. Its county seat and most populous city is Ellsworth. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 6,376. The county was named after Fort Ellsworth.
History
Early his ...
, United States.
It is located approximately east of
Ellsworth, north of
Mushroom Rock State Park
Mushroom Rock State Park is noted for its mushroom rocks, mushroom rock Rock formations in the United States, formations. It is located in the Smoky Hills region of north-central Kansas in Ellsworth County, Kansas, United States.
These rocks a ...
and
Kanopolis Lake.
History
Carneiro was a station and shipping point on the
Union Pacific Railroad
The Union Pacific Railroad is a Railroad classes, Class I freight-hauling railroad that operates 8,300 locomotives over routes in 23 U.S. states west of Chicago and New Orleans. Union Pacific is the second largest railroad in the United Stat ...
.
The first post office in Carneiro was established as Alum Creek in 1872. The post office was renamed Carneiro in 1882, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1953. The obituary of Ernest Oakley Cunningham states that he served as Post Master in Carneiro, then later, Post Master in Langley, Kansas. Mr. Cunningham came to Ellsworth county in 1870, at the age of 15. At the time of his death, he was the oldest of the pioneers then living in Ellsworth County.
Education
The community is served by
Ellsworth USD 327 public school district.
References
Further reading
External links
* Ellsworth County maps
CurrentHistoric
KDOT
Unincorporated communities in Ellsworth County, Kansas
Unincorporated communities in Kansas
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