Emmeram 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
Herzog Township,
Ellis County, Kansas
Ellis County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. Its county seat and most populous city is Hays. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 28,934.
The county was named for George Ellis, a first lieutenant of the Twelfth ...
, United States.
History
In 1899,
Catholic
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parishioners from nearby
Herzog
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established a new
parish
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six miles to the north and began construction of Sacred Heart Church, which they completed in 1901.
Originally named Norddorf, the community was renamed Emmeram after Emmeram Kausler, the church pastor. The community grew to include two schools, and a town plot was filed in 1902, but the town was never built. A
post office
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operated in Emmeram from 1903 to 1904.
Geography
Emmeram is located approximately one-half mile northeast of Walker Creek, part of the
Smoky Hill River
The Smoky Hill River is a river in the central Great Plains of North America, running through Colorado and Kansas.
Names
The Smoky Hill is named from the Smoky Hills region of north-central Kansas through which it flows. American Indians li ...
watershed, in the
Smoky Hills
The Smoky Hills are an upland region of hills in the central Great Plains of North America. They are located in the Midwestern United States, encompassing north-central Kansas and a small portion of south-central Nebraska.
The hills are a diss ...
region of the
Great Plains
The Great Plains is a broad expanse of plain, flatland in North America. The region stretches east of the Rocky Mountains, much of it covered in prairie, steppe, and grassland. They are the western part of the Interior Plains, which include th ...
.
Emmeram is roughly north of
Interstate 70
Interstate 70 (I-70) is a major east–west Interstate Highway in the United States that runs from Interstate 15, I-15 near Cove Fort, Utah, to Interstate 695 (Maryland), I-695 and Maryland Route 570 (MD 570) in Woodlawn, Baltimo ...
and northeast of
Hays, the
county seat
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.
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Transportation
Emmeram lies at the intersection of two unpaved county roads, Emmeram Road, which runs east–west, and 350th Avenue, which runs north–south.[
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References
Further reading
External links
* Ellis County maps
CurrentHistoric
KDOT
Unincorporated communities in Ellis County, Kansas
Unincorporated communities in Kansas
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