Aulne, Kansas

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Aulne, Kansas
Unincorporated community
KDOT map of Marion County (legend)
KDOT map of Marion County (legend)
Aulne is located in Kansas
Aulne
Aulne
Location within the state of Kansas
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Country United States
State Kansas
County Marion
Township Wilson
Platted 1887
Elevation[1] 1,407 ft (429 m)
Time zone CST (UTC-6)
 • Summer (DST) CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP code 66861
Area code 620
FIPS code 20-03400 [1]
GNIS ID 477370 [1]

Aulne is an unincorporated community in Marion County, Kansas, United States.[1] The Aulne name was suggested by officials of the railroad when it was built through Aulne during the 19th century.[2]

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History

1915 Railroad Map of Marion County

Early history

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See also: History of Kansas

For many millennia, the Great Plains of North America was inhabited by nomadic Native Americans. From the 16th century to 18th century, the Kingdom of France claimed ownership of large parts of North America. In 1762, after the French and Indian War, France secretly ceded New France to Spain, per the Treaty of Fontainebleau.

19th century

In 1802, Spain returned most of the land to France. In 1803, most of the land for modern day Kansas was acquired by the United States from France as part of the 828,000 square mile Louisiana Purchase for 2.83 cents per acre.

In 1854, the Kansas Territory was organized, then in 1861 Kansas became the 34th U.S. state. In 1855, Marion County was established within the Kansas Territory, which included the land for modern day Aulne.[3]

In 1872, a railroad contractor, named Col. W. Sherburn, decided the location would be good location for a town and named it after himself, Sherburn, but it was too early and never used.

In 1887, the Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska Railway built a branch line north-south from Herington through Aulne to Caldwell.[4] It foreclosed in 1891 and was taken over by Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway, which shut down in 1980, and reorganized as Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas Railroad which merged in 1988 with Missouri Pacific Railroad, and finally merged in 1997 with Union Pacific Railroad. Most locals still refer to this railroad as the "Rock Island".

A post office existed in Aulne from August 19, 1887 to February 28, 1954.[5]

20th century

Aulne was one of the finalist communities considered for Tabor College before it was established in Hillsboro in 1908.[6]

During World War I, the local telephone company decreed that "No German could be spoken over the telephones", because of anti-German sentiment towards German-Americans.[7]

Geography

Aulne is located roughly half way between Marion and Peabody next to the Union Pacific Railroad.

Area attractions

  • Aulne United Methodist Church, north-east corner of 140th St and Pawnee Rd.
  • 1890 Marion County Poor Farm (asylum), 1 mi west, 2.1 mi north. Large 3-story limestone house, now privately owned house, occasional tours by appointment. Darren E. Burrows lived here briefly as a child. Indigent, and somewhat "incompetent" people would live here with adult supervision, work the land, raise their own food, and earn their keep. Unwed pregnant girls could stay there until they delivered their babies, which were put up of adoption. The asylum was self-sustaining for a number of years, even paying taxes to the county.[8][9][10]
  • Marion Reservoir, approximately seven miles north of Aulne.

Education

Primary and secondary education

Aulne is part of Unified School District 408.[11][12] The high school is a member of T.E.E.N., a shared video teaching network between five area high schools.[13] All students attend schools in Marion.

Infrastructure

Transportation

U.S. Route 56 is 5.75 miles (9.25 km) to the north, and U.S. Route 77 is 4.5 miles (7.2 km) east of the community. The Oklahoma Kansas Texas (OKT)[14] line of the Union Pacific Railroad runs through the community.

Utilities

Notable people

  • Floyd B. Danskin, American politician, Washington State House of Representatives from 1921 to 1933, and Speaker of the House from 1925 to 1927.

See also

Further reading

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See also: List of books about Marion County, Kansas

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) details for Aulne, Kansas; United States Geological Survey (USGS); October 13, 1978.
  2. ↑ Marion County Kansas, Past and Present; Sondra Van Meter; 1972.
  3. ↑ The History of Marion County and Courthouse
  4. ↑ Rock Island Rail History
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  6. ↑ Ghost Towns - Aulne, Kansas
  7. ↑ Mob Violence and Kansas Mennonites in 1918; Kansas Historical Quarterly; Autumn 1977.
  8. ↑ Marion County Poor Farm - History; Marion County Record; October 14, 1998.
  9. ↑ Marion County Poor Farm - History; Peabody News; 1901.
  10. ↑ Marion County Poor Farm - Photo; Peabody News; 1901.
  11. ↑ USD 408
  12. ↑ Kansas School District Boundary Map
  13. ↑ T.E.E.N. video teaching network
  14. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

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