1 10 1 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Ellsworth County Historical Society Collection Description An account of the resource All items in this collection are held by the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/EllsworthCountyHistoricalSociety">Ellsworth County Historical Society</a>. Please contact the Ellsworth County Historical Society for more information about these items. Mailing address: Ellsworth County Historical Society P.O. Box 144 Ellsworth, KS 67439 Phone: 785-472-3059 Email: echsks@gmail.com Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Archive Files Subject The topic of the resource Churches -- Kansas -- Ellsworth County. Ellsworth County (Kan.) Church history -- Kansas -- Ellsworth County. Description An account of the resource [These items are held by the Ellsworth County Historical Society. Please contact the Ellsworth County Historical Society for more information on these items.] The Ellsworth County Historical Society has information on the churches listed below. They also have numerous pictures in storage or in books. Finally, they have newspaper articles from 1871-1925 stored on CD and in their computers' hard drives, which include religious activities: Ellsworth Churches: Abundant Grace Community Fellowship Church (Ellsworth, Kan.) Split from Evangelical Free 2006, Reunited 2012 Gospel Lighthouse Assembly of God (Ellsworth, Kan.) Founded 1879- Closing date unknown Second Baptist Church (Ellsworth, Kan.) The building used by the Black congregation of the Second Baptist Church is preserved on the grounds of the Hodgden House Museum Complex. Closing date unknown. Smokey Hill Baptist Church (Ellsworth, Kan.) Founded Dec. 1997- Still Meeting St. Bernard’s Catholic Church (Ellsworth, Kan.) Founded 4/5/1873- Still Meeting Holy Apostles Episcopal Church (Ellsworth, Kan.) Founded 1893- Still Meeting Evangelical Free Church (Ellsworth, Kan.) Founded Sept. 1950- Still Meeting First Lutheran Church (Ellsworth, Kan.) Founded 6/14/1888- likely replaced by Immanuel Lutheran Church Immanuel Lutheran Church (Ellsworth, Kan.) Founded 1/11/1916- Still Meeting St. Paul’s Lutheran Church (Ellsworth, Kan.) Is north of town off of Highway 14. It was preceded by David’s Star Lutheran which began in 1877; then changed to St. Paul Lutheran Church 1898- Still Meeting Wyman Chapel African Methodist Church (Ellsworth, Kan.) Closing date unknown South African Methodist Church (Ellsworth, Kan.) Closing date unknown United Methodist Church (Ellsworth, Kan.) Founded as Methodist Episcopal 1872; Then became the United Methodist Church in 1868 due to the denominational merger of the Methodist Episcopal Church and the United Brethren Church; In Ellsworth became the First Methodist church in 1938- Still Meeting First Presbyterian Church (Ellsworth, Kan.) Founded 1878- Still Meeting United Methodist Church (Carneiro, Kan.) Founded 1885- Still Meeting Church of Christ (Carneiro, Kan.) Founded 1902- Closed 1955 Mulberry Township: Mulberry United Brethren Church (Mulberry Township, Ellsworth County, Kan.) Founded before 1881- Closed in 1920. The Mulberry United Methodist Church went by many names, including: Mulberry Church, United Brethren Church, Old Stone Church, and Yordy Church (a name deriving from the first family that settled in northeastern Ellsworth County, near where the Church would later be built). St. May’s Catholic Church (Holyrood, Kan.) Founded 1886- Still Meeting St. Peter’s Lutheran Church (Holyrood, Kan.) Founded 1884- Still Meeting St. Paul’s United Church of Christ (Holyrood, Kan.) Founded 1892- Still Meeting Methodist Episcopal Church (Holyrood, Kan.) Closed before 1926 United Methodist Church (Kanopolis, Kan.) Founded 1886- Still Meeting St. Ignatius Catholic Church (Kanopolis, Kan.) Founded 1938-Still Meeting First Baptist Church (Lorraine, Kan.) Founded 1878- Still Meeting First Baptist Church (Wilson, Kan.) Founded 1900- Still Meeting St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church (Wilson, Kan.) Founded 1883- Still Meeting First Presbyterian Church (Wilson, Kan.) Founded 1875- Still Meeting Immanuel Lutheran Church (Wilson, Kan.) Founded 1912- Still Meeting Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Compiled by Ellsworth County Historical Society Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://www.facebook.com/EllsworthCountyHistoricalSociety">Ellsworth County Historical Society</a> P.O. Box 144 Ellsworth, KS 67439 Phone: 785-472-3059 Email: echsks@gmail.com Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1870s - 2015 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All available for public access at the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/EllsworthCountyHistoricalSociety">Ellsworth County Historical Society</a>. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Documents, Books, CDs, and images Language A language of the resource English (primary) Type The nature or genre of the resource Text, Still Images Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1870s - 2015 Ellsworth County (Kan.)