A great part of the settlement in Allen County during the year 1858 was in what is now Deer Creek Township, along and near Deer Creek. In the fall of 1857, a small colony had been formed in Parke and Johnson counties, Indiana, for the purpose of making a settlement, and building up a town, which was to be named Carlyle. After the selection of the site north of Deer Creek, in 1857, two young men, P.M. Carnine and R.V. Ditmars were left to build cabins. In the spring of 1858, the colonists began to arrive. Among the first were T.P. Killen, J.M. Evans, S.C. Richards, J.W. Scott, David Bergen, and H. Scott. The Carlyle colony selected 320 acres (1.3 km2) for a town site and proposed to build a church, schoolhouse and make other improvements calculated to insure the speedy building up of the proposed town. Finding many difficulties in the way of making a prosperous town, the project was abandoned, and the site cut up into farms, which were soon opened.
Though not successful in building a town, the colony prospered. A post office was secured, and a postal route established from Leavenworth via Hyatt, in Anderson County, Carlyle and Cofachique to Humboldt, in 1858. A church and schoolhouse was afterward built, a high school kept up, and part of the time there has been a store, while it had always retained the post office. Carlyle was well known and it had always been a prosperous and progressive neighborhood. When the Leavenworth, Lawrence and Galveston railroad (later the K.C., L. & S.K. R.R.) was built, Carlyle was made a station.[2]
The post office was finally closed in November 1988.[3]
Carlyle is located in Township 23–24 south, Range 18 east. Contained entirely within Carlyle Township in Allen County, it is about five miles (8 km) north of Iola (the county seat), at the intersection of Texas Road and CR 1600 and less than a mile west of U.S. Route 169. An abandoned railroad passes to the east of Carlyle.[5]
Demographicsedit
Although official populations are not compiled for unincorporated places, the population of the surrounding Carlyle Township was 276 in the 2000 census.
Referencesedit
^ abcdU.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Carlyle, Kansas
^Copied from the following public domain source: Cutler, William G. (1883). . History of the State of Kansas. Chicago, IL: A.T. Andreas. Archived from the original on December 16, 2002. Retrieved November 10, 2007..
^"Kansas Post Offices Database". Kansas State Historical Society. Retrieved November 11, 2007. Containing information taken from Baughman, Robert W. Kansas Post Offices, May 29, 1828–August 3, 1961. Kansas Postal History Society.
^"Homepage". BikePrairieSpirit.com. Retrieved May 17, 2014.
^"KDOT County Maps". 1999. Retrieved November 11, 2007.
carlyle, kansas, carlyle, unincorporated, community, allen, county, kansas, united, states, unincorporated, communitykdot, allen, county, legend, carlyleshow, kansascarlyleshow, united, statescoordinates, 99361, 39083, 99361, 39083, countryunited, statesstatek. Carlyle is an unincorporated community in Allen County Kansas United States 1 Carlyle KansasUnincorporated communityKDOT map of Allen County legend CarlyleShow map of KansasCarlyleShow map of the United StatesCoordinates 37 59 37 N 95 23 27 W 37 99361 N 95 39083 W 37 99361 95 39083 1 CountryUnited StatesStateKansasCountyAllenFounded1858Elevation 1 997 ft 304 m Time zoneUTC 6 CST Summer DST UTC 5 CDT ZIP code66749Area code620FIPS code20 10700GNIS ID484351 1 Contents 1 History 2 Geography 3 Demographics 4 References 5 Further reading 6 External linksHistory editA great part of the settlement in Allen County during the year 1858 was in what is now Deer Creek Township along and near Deer Creek In the fall of 1857 a small colony had been formed in Parke and Johnson counties Indiana for the purpose of making a settlement and building up a town which was to be named Carlyle After the selection of the site north of Deer Creek in 1857 two young men P M Carnine and R V Ditmars were left to build cabins In the spring of 1858 the colonists began to arrive Among the first were T P Killen J M Evans S C Richards J W Scott David Bergen and H Scott The Carlyle colony selected 320 acres 1 3 km2 for a town site and proposed to build a church schoolhouse and make other improvements calculated to insure the speedy building up of the proposed town Finding many difficulties in the way of making a prosperous town the project was abandoned and the site cut up into farms which were soon opened Though not successful in building a town the colony prospered A post office was secured and a postal route established from Leavenworth via Hyatt in Anderson County Carlyle and Cofachique to Humboldt in 1858 A church and schoolhouse was afterward built a high school kept up and part of the time there has been a store while it had always retained the post office Carlyle was well known and it had always been a prosperous and progressive neighborhood When the Leavenworth Lawrence and Galveston railroad later the K C L amp S K R R was built Carlyle was made a station 2 The post office was finally closed in November 1988 3 The railroad tracks in Carlyle have since been converted to a rail trail The trail is part of the Prairie Spirit Trail State Park 4 Geography editCarlyle is located in Township 23 24 south Range 18 east Contained entirely within Carlyle Township in Allen County it is about five miles 8 km north of Iola the county seat at the intersection of Texas Road and CR 1600 and less than a mile west of U S Route 169 An abandoned railroad passes to the east of Carlyle 5 Demographics editAlthough official populations are not compiled for unincorporated places the population of the surrounding Carlyle Township was 276 in the 2000 census References edit a b c d U S Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System Carlyle Kansas Copied from the following public domain source Cutler William G 1883 Allen County History of the State of Kansas Chicago IL A T Andreas Archived from the original on December 16 2002 Retrieved November 10 2007 Kansas Post Offices Database Kansas State Historical Society Retrieved November 11 2007 Containing information taken from Baughman Robert W Kansas Post Offices May 29 1828 August 3 1961 Kansas Postal History Society Homepage BikePrairieSpirit com Retrieved May 17 2014 KDOT County Maps 1999 Retrieved November 11 2007 Further reading editSee also List of books about Allen County KansasExternal links editAllen County maps Current Historic KDOT Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Carlyle Kansas amp oldid 1176320901, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
