Arnold, Kansas

Unincorporated community in Ness County, Kansas

Unincorporated community in Kansas, United States

38°38′25″N 100°2′46″W / 38.64028°N 100.04611°W / 38.64028; -100.04611^[1]CountryUnited StatesStateKansasCountyNessElevation

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2,566 ft (782 m)Time zoneUTC-6 (CST) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)ZIP code

67515

Area code785FIPS code20-02425GNIS ID484557^[1]

Arnold is an unincorporated community in Ness County, Kansas, United States.^[1] It lies along K-4, north-northwest of the city of Ness City.^[2]

History

Arnold was a station and shipping point on the Missouri Pacific Railroad.^[3]

The first post office in Arnold was established in about 1902.^[4] It was discontinued in 2006.^[5]

Education

The community is served by Western Plains USD 106 public school district.^[6] 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.^[7] USD 106 formed in 2004 by the consolidation of Ransom USD 302 and Bazine USD 304.^[8]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Arnold, Kansas
^ Rand McNally. The Road Atlas '08. Chicago: Rand McNally, 2008, p. 40.
^ Blackmar, Frank Wilson (1912). Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Embracing Events, Institutions, Industries, Counties, Cities, Towns, Prominent Persons, Etc. Standard Publishing Company. pp. 103.
^ "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961, page 2". Kansas Historical Society. Retrieved June 19, 2014.
^ "Postmaster Finder". USPS. Retrieved June 27, 2017.
^ "Western Plains". USD 106. Retrieved January 1, 2017.
^ "All About USD 106". Western Plains USD 106. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
^ "School consolidations in Kansas for past decade". The Topeka Capital-Journal. July 24, 2011. Retrieved April 26, 2020.