Neuchatel, Kansas

Neuchatel is an unincorporated community in Nemaha County, Kansas, United States.[1] It encompasses a region of farmland with no settlements clustered around the intersection of Old Pike's Peak Trail Road and C Road.

History

Neuchatel was founded in 1870 by French and Swiss immigrants.[2]

An 1887 map[3] shows a since-removed U.S. Post Office, Presbyterian church and schoolhouse

Education

The community and nearby rural areas are served by Onaga USD 322 public school district.

References

  1. ^ "Neuchatel, Kansas", Geographic Names Information System, United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior
  2. ^ Blackmar, Frank Wilson (1912). Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Volume 2. Standard Publishing Company. pp. 354.
  3. ^ "Nemaha Co., Wetmore and Corning, Kansas". OldMapsOnline. Retrieved August 16, 2023.

Further reading

39°34′05″N 96°12′07″W / 39.56806°N 96.20194°W / 39.56806; -96.20194