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Welcome to Carns ...

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

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

Carns would have been located within present day Keya Paha County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Carns, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1879.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Carns is 1,870 feet [570 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

The Area Codes where Carns was located: 402 & 531<4>

Communities Also Named Carns ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Carns - it's located in Alabama.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Carns.

Communities near Carns ...

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

  • Stuart
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stuart have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stuart
    • Stuart is located in Holt County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 580 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stuart <6>
  • Bassett
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Long Pine
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Springview
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Newport
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Newport have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
    • Newport is located in Rock County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 89 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Newport <6>
  • Burton
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Burton have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton
    • Burton is located in Keya Paha County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 9 people
  • Mariaville ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Mariaville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mariaville
    • Mariaville is located in Rock County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Mariaville
    • From Carns to Mariaville
  • Mills
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Meadville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Cleveland ‑ Historic
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Cleveland. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleveland
    • Cleveland is located in Holt County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Cleveland
    • From Carns to Cleveland

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 Carns. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Carns.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Carns. 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 Carns.

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

Adding Carns to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Carns 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 for Carns was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<8>

X2X - From that list, the Carns post office opened in 1879.

We also found Carns on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Nebraska (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Carns.

The official website for Keya Paha County: www.co.keya-paha.ne.us/

The official website for State of Nebraska: https://www.nebraska.gov/

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 Carns, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Nebraska's counties, including Keya Paha, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Carns - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 402 code has been Overlayed with the 531 area code. New phone numbers in the Carns area will be assigned with one of these codes: 402 or 531. As a result, placing a call in the Carns area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<8>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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




 

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