New Almelo, Kansas
New Almelo is an unincorporated community in Norton County, Kansas, United States.
The St. Francis Catholic Church of New Almelo was constructed of the unique pisolitic "algal limestone", a distinctive pink caliche that formed at the top of the Ogallala Formation.
History
New Elam was issued a post office in 1879. The post office was renamed New Almelo in 1880, then discontinued in 1996.
It is named after the city of Almelo, Netherlands.
Education
The community is served by Norton USD 211 public school district.
References
- ^ "New Almelo, Kansas", Geographic Names Information System, United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior
- ^ Hubert E. Risser (1960). "Kansas Building Stone". Kansas Geological Survey Bulletin (142, pt 2). Kansas Geological Survey: Geologic Formations in Relation to Ground Water. Retrieved 2024-08-04.
At the top of the upper (Kimball) member of the Ogallala, a dense, hard, nodular, pisolitic limestone occurs locally (Swineford, Leonard, and Frye, 1958). This limestone has been used to some extent for buildings in Norton County and other counties of north-central Kansas. A church in New Almelo was constructed from this material, reportedly quarried in Graham County (Byrne, Beck, and Bearman, 1949, p. 15).Pisolitic Ogallala limestone can be worked, but it is dense and nodular and contains abundant quartz grains. Ranging from grayish white to pink when freshly broken, it turns dark gray when exposed to the weather. It resists weather reasonably well in a dry climate.
- ^ John M. Jewett and Daniel F. Merriam (1959). "Geologic framework of Kansas--a review for geophysicists". Kansas Geological Survey Bulletin (137). Kansas Geological Survey: Geologic Formations in Relation to Ground Water. Retrieved 2024-08-04.
An interesting layer of rock marks the top of the Ogallala formation. This is a pisolitic limestone that some authors call the "Algal limestone."
- ^ "Established". Osage Mission Journal. 1879-02-26. p. 6. Retrieved 2024-07-04.
- ^ "Postoffice Changes". Western Home Journal. 1880-09-30. p. 6. Retrieved 2024-07-04.
Name changed — New Elam, Norton Co., to New Almela
- ^ ""New Elam postoffice has had its named changed to New Almey, or something like that."". Norton County Advance. 1880-10-14. p. 3. Retrieved 2024-07-04.
- ^ "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961". Kansas Historical Society. Retrieved 2018-01-02.
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