Antonino, Kansas
{{Short description|Unincorporated community in Ellis County, Kansas}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}
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|settlement_type = Unincorporated community
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|image_caption = Antonino, from about 2 miles to the northwest.
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|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = United States
|subdivision_type1 = State
|subdivision_name1 = Kansas
|subdivision_type2 = County
|subdivision_name2 = Ellis
|subdivision_type3 = Township
|subdivision_name3 = Lookout
|established_title = Founded
|established_date = 1904
|established_title1 = Platted
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|elevation_ft = 2106
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|timezone = CST
|utc_offset = -6
|timezone_DST = CDT
|utc_offset_DST = -5
|postal_code_type = ZIP code
|postal_code = 67601
|area_code_type = Area code
|area_code = 785
|blank_name = FIPS code
|blank_info = 20-02050
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|blank1_info = 475280 {{cite gnis2|475280|Antonino, Kansas}}
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Antonino is an unincorporated community in Lookout Township, Ellis County, Kansas, United States.
History
Due to the distance from their homes to St. Francis Church in Munjor, a group of the church's Volga German parishioners requested a new parish and subsequently founded Antonino in 1904. They originally wanted to name the new community St. Anthony, but the post office rejected that name for being too similar to that of Anthony, Kansas. Instead, they applied for the name "Saint Antonino" after a village in Brazil in which several residents had once lived. Due to postal regulations at that time, however, "Saint" was removed from the name.{{cite web | title = Ellis County | work = Kansas Heritage Project | publisher = Fort Hays State University | url = http://fhsuguides.fhsu.edu/kansasheritage/elliscounty | accessdate = 2015-07-13}} Another account claims that Antonino was named for Anthony Sauer, who was said to be the community's oldest resident.{{cite web | url=http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=4433 | title=Profile for Antonino, Kansas | publisher=ePodunk | accessdate=9 June 2014}}
Local residents built a new church in 1905, and a local post office opened the same year.{{cite web|url=http://www.kshs.org/geog/geog_postoffices/search/county:EL |title=Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961 (archived) |publisher=Kansas Historical Society |accessdate=9 June 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131009131744/http://www.kshs.org/geog/geog_postoffices/search/county%3AEL |archivedate=October 9, 2013 }} 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 {{coord|38|47|02|N|99|23|33|W|type:city}} (38.7080679, -99.1656536) at an elevation of {{convert|2106|ft|m}}. It is {{convert|4|mi|km}} west of U.S. Route 183, {{convert|9.5|mi|km}} south of Interstate 70 and {{convert|7.5|mi|km}} south-southwest of Hays, the county seat.
Antonino lies {{convert|4|mi|km}} north of the Smoky Hill River in the Smoky Hills region of the Great Plains.{{cite web | title = 2003-2004 Official Transportation Map | publisher = Kansas Department of Transportation | year = 2003 | url = https://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/HistoricStateMaps/2003-04Mapside.pdf | accessdate = 2015-07-13}}
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.{{cite web | title = Antonino, KS | publisher = Google Maps | url = https://www.google.com/maps/place/Antonino,+KS+67601/@38.7839011,-99.3926061,896m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x87a17023aa2f685b:0x2e1eccc19e69feb9 | accessdate = 2015-07-13}}
References
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Further reading
{{See also|Ellis County, Kansas#Further reading|l1=List of books about Ellis County, Kansas}}
External links
- Ellis County maps: [https://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/county-pdf/ellis.PDF Current], [https://www.ksdot.org/bureaus/burtransplan/maps/PastPublishedCounty.asp Historic], KDOT
{{Ellis County, Kansas}}
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