Archive Files
Title
Archive Files
Subject
Churches -- Kansas -- Ellsworth County.
Ellsworth County (Kan.)
Church history -- Kansas -- Ellsworth County.
Description
[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
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
Compiled by Ellsworth County Historical Society
Source
Ellsworth County Historical Society
P.O. Box 144
Ellsworth, KS 67439
Phone: 785-472-3059
Email: echsks@gmail.com
Date
1870s - 2015
Rights
All available for public access at the Ellsworth County Historical Society.
Format
Documents, Books, CDs, and images
Language
English (primary)
Type
Text, Still Images
Coverage
1870s - 2015
Ellsworth County (Kan.)
Citation
Compiled by Ellsworth County Historical Society, “Archive Files,” Religion in Kansas Project, accessed March 29, 2024, https://ksreligion.omeka.net/items/show/1662.