Brainerd, Kansas - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Brainerd is an unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality.To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city, town, or village with its own government. An unincorporated community is usually not subject to or taxed by a municipal government...

in Butler County

Butler County, Kansas

Butler County is a county located in South Central Kansas, in the Central United States. As of the 2010 census, the county population was 65,880. Its county seat and most populous city is El Dorado. The county is a part of the Wichita Metropolitan Statistical Area.-19th century:It was named in...

, Kansas

Kansas

Kansas is a US state located in the Midwestern United States. It is named after the Kansas River which flows through it, which in turn was named after the Kansa Native American tribe, which inhabited the area. The tribe's name is often said to mean "people of the wind" or "people of the south...

, United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

20th century

In 1961, Frederic Remington High School

Frederic Remington High School

Frederic Remington High School is a rural public secondary school, located between Whitewater and Potwin, and north of the unincorporated community of Brainerd. It is one of three schools operated by Unified School District 206, and is the sole high school in the district...

was built immediately north of Brainerd. Leading up to this new school, Whitewater

Whitewater, Kansas

Whitewater is a city in Butler County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 718.-19th century:In 1887, the Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska Railway built a branch line north-south from Herington through Whitewater to Caldwell...

, Potwin

Potwin, Kansas

Potwin is a city in Butler County, Kansas, United States. It is named after the town site land owner Charles Potwin. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 449.-19th century:Potwin was incorporated as a town on April 8, 1885...

, Brainerd, Elbing

Elbing, Kansas

Elbing is a city in Butler County, Kansas, United States. It is named after the city Elbląg in northern Poland, formerly Prussia. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 229.-History:...

, Furley

Furley, Kansas

Furley is an unincorporated community in Sedgwick County, Kansas, United States.-19th century:In 1887, the Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska Railway built a branch line north-south from Herington through Furley to Caldwell. By 1893, this branch line was incrementally built to Fort Worth, Texas...

, Countryside, and Golden Gate schools merged to form a joint rural high school. Heated opposition between Whitewater and Potwin occurred during the discussion for the location of the new high school. Rural voters pushed for a centralized location in neither town. A public vote was passed to build the new school near Brainerd.

21st century

In 2006, the Remington Rock monument was built near the Frederic Remington High School.

Primary and secondary education

Whitewater is part of the Unified School District

Unified school district

A unified school district or unit school district is a school district which includes both primary school and high school under the same district control....

206.

Remington High School, 8850 NW Meadowlark Road. (north of Brainerd)
Remington Middle School, located in Whitewater
Whitewater, Kansas
Whitewater is a city in Butler County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 718.-19th century:In 1887, the Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska Railway built a branch line north-south from Herington through Whitewater to Caldwell...

.
Remington Elementary School, located in Potwin
Potwin, Kansas
Potwin is a city in Butler County, Kansas, United States. It is named after the town site land owner Charles Potwin. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 449.-19th century:Potwin was incorporated as a town on April 8, 1885...

.

Radio

Goessel is served by numerous radio stations of the Wichita

Wichita, Kansas

Wichita is the largest city in the U.S. state of Kansas.As of the 2010 census, the city population was 382,368. Located in south-central Kansas on the Arkansas River, Wichita is the county seat of Sedgwick County and the principal city of the Wichita metropolitan area...

-Hutchinson

Hutchinson, Kansas

Hutchinson is the largest city in and the county seat of Reno County, Kansas, United States, northwest of Wichita, on the Arkansas River. It has been home to salt mines since 1887, thus its nickname of "Salt City", but locals call it "Hutch"...

listening market area, and satellite radio

Satellite radio

Satellite radio is an analogue or digital radio signal that is relayed through one or more satellites and thus can be received in a much wider geographical area than terrestrial FM radio stations...

. See Media in Wichita, Kansas.

Television

Goessel is served by over-the-air ATSC

ATSC

ATSC standards are a set of standards developed by the Advanced Television Systems Committee for digital television transmission over terrestrial, cable, and satellite networks....

digital TV

Digital television

Digital television is the transmission of audio and video by digital signals, in contrast to the analog signals used by analog TV...

of the Wichita

Wichita, Kansas

-Hutchinson

Hutchinson, Kansas

viewing market area, cable TV, and satellite TV

Satellite television

Satellite television is television programming delivered by the means of communications satellite and received by an outdoor antenna, usually a parabolic mirror generally referred to as a satellite dish, and as far as household usage is concerned, a satellite receiver either in the form of an...

. See Media in Wichita, Kansas.

Infrastructure

Transportation

K-196

K-196 (Kansas highway)

K-196 is a highway that runs from I-135 just south of Newton, east to K-254, just east of El Dorado, Kansas. The highway runs along the south border the town of Whitewater and bypasses Potwin to the south. The highway runs through Harvey County and Butler County.-Route description:K-196 begins at...

highway runs along the south side of the community.

Utilities

Internet
- Wireless is provided by Pixius Communications.
- Satellite is provided by HughesNet, StarBand
  StarBand
  StarBand is a two-way satellite broadband Internet service available in the U.S.. StarBand Communications Inc. was initially a joint venture between Gilat Satellite Networks, EchoStar and Microsoft, and the StarBand service was launched in 2000. StarBand Communications filed for Chapter 11...
  
  , WildBlue.
TV
- Satellite is provided by DirecTV
  DirecTV
  DirecTV is an American direct broadcast satellite service provider and broadcaster based in El Segundo, California. Its satellite service, launched on June 17, 1994, transmits digital satellite television and audio to households in the United States, Latin America, and the Anglophone Caribbean. ...
  
  , Dish Network
  Dish Network
  Dish Network Corporation is the second largest pay TV provider in the United States, providing direct broadcast satellite service—including satellite television, audio programming, and interactive television services—to 14.337 million commercial and residential customers in the United States. Dish...
  
  .
- Terrestrial is provided by regional digital TV
  Digital television
  Digital television is the transmission of audio and video by digital signals, in contrast to the analog signals used by analog TV...
  
  stations.
Electricity is provided by Butler REC.
Water is provided by Butler County Rural Water District #7.

External links

Historical

Schools

USD 206, local school district

Maps

Butler County Map, KDOT
Topo Map of Whitwater / Potwin / Brainerd area, USGS
Remington-Whitewater school district boundary map, USD 206

The source of this article is wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.