Arnold, Kansas
{{Short description|Unincorporated community in Ness County, Kansas}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
|name = Arnold, Kansas
|settlement_type = Unincorporated community
|image_skyline =
|image_caption =
|image_map =
|map_caption =
|image_map1 = Map of Ness Co, Ks, USA.png
|map_caption1 = KDOT map of Ness County (legend)
|pushpin_map = Kansas#USA
|pushpin_label = Arnold
|pushpin_label_position = left
|coordinates = {{coord|38|38|25|N|100|2|46|W|region:US-KS_type:city|display=inline,title}}
|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = United States
|subdivision_type1 = State
|subdivision_name1 = Kansas
|subdivision_type2 = County
|subdivision_name2 = Ness
|subdivision_type3 = Township
|subdivision_name3 =
|established_title = Founded
|established_date =
|established_title1 = Platted
|established_date1 =
|named_for =
|area_footnotes =
|area_total_sq_mi =
|area_land_sq_mi =
|area_water_sq_mi =
|unit_pref = Imperial
|elevation_ft = 2566
|population_as_of =
|population_footnotes =
|population_total =
|population_density_km2 = auto
|timezone = CST
|utc_offset = -6
|timezone_DST = CDT
|utc_offset_DST = -5
|postal_code_type = ZIP code
|postal_code = 67515
|area_code_type = Area code
|area_code = 785
|blank_name = FIPS code
|blank_info = {{FIPS|20|02425}}
|blank1_name = GNIS ID
|blank1_info = 484557{{GNIS|484557}}
|website =
}}
Arnold is an unincorporated community in Ness County, Kansas, United States. It lies along K-4, north-northwest of the city of Ness City.
History
Arnold was a station and shipping point on the Missouri Pacific Railroad.{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_o8X5krq3fP8C | title=Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Embracing Events, Institutions, Industries, Counties, Cities, Towns, Prominent Persons, Etc. | publisher=Standard Publishing Company | author=Blackmar, Frank Wilson | year=1912 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_o8X5krq3fP8C/page/n99 103]}}
The first post office in Arnold was established in about 1902.{{cite web | url=http://www.kshs.org/geog/geog_postoffices/search/page:2/county:NS/sort:date_established/direction:asc | title=Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961, page 2 | publisher=Kansas Historical Society | accessdate=19 June 2014}} It was closed in 2006.{{cite web | url=http://webpmt.usps.gov/pmt011.cfm?stat_state_name=KANSAS | title=Postmaster Finder | publisher=USPS | accessdate=27 June 2017}}
As of 2025, it has a concrete grain elevator with truck scale, United Methodist Church, no other businesses or services, and less than twenty homes.
Education
The community is served by Western Plains USD 106 public school district.{{cite web | title = Western Plains | publisher = USD 106 | url = http://www.usd106.org/ | accessdate = 1 January 2017}} The Western Plains High School mascot is Bobcats.
Arnold became a part of the Ransom school district in 1960. The Arnold School closed in 1969.{{cite web|url=https://www.usd106.org/vnews/display.v/SEC/About%20Us%7CThe%20History%20of%20USD%20106|title=All About USD 106|publisher=Western Plains USD 106|accessdate=2020-04-29}} USD 106 formed in 2004 by the consolidation of Ransom USD 302 and Bazine USD 304.{{cite web|url=https://www.cjonline.com/article/20110724/NEWS/307249967|title=School consolidations in Kansas for past decade|work=The Topeka Capital-Journal|date=2011-07-24|accessdate=2020-04-26}}
References
{{Reflist}}
Further reading
{{See also|Ness County, Kansas#Further reading|l1=List of books about NessCounty, Kansas}}
External links
- [https://www.nesscountychamber.com/communities.html Communities in Ness County]
- Ness County maps: [https://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/county-pdf/ness.PDF Current], [https://www.ksdot.org/bureaus/burtransplan/maps/PastPublishedCounty.asp Historic], KDOT
{{Ness County, Kansas}}
{{Authority control}}
Category:Unincorporated communities in Ness County, Kansas
Category:Unincorporated communities in Kansas
{{NessCountyKS-geo-stub}}