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Welcome to Carneiro ...

So far, we found very little information about Carneiro. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Carneiro to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Carneiro, please Contact Us.


Carneiro would have been located within present day Ellsworth County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Carneiro, you might consider that their post office opened in 1882.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Carneiro is 1,580 feet [482 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Carneiro was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Code where Carneiro was located: 785

Communities near Carneiro ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Carneiro.

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Carneiro. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Carneiro.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Carneiro. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Carneiro.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Carneiro. See our Newspapers Page for Carneiro.

Adding Carneiro to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Carneiro in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Carneiro was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Carneiro post office opened in 1882. The Carneiro post office closed in 1953.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Carneiro.

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Carneiro, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Kansas' counties, including Ellsworth, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Carneiro - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/