Earnest, Kansas | |
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| Coordinates: 39°30′25″N99°21′43″W / 39.50694°N 99.36194°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Kansas |
| County | Rooks |
| Elevation | 2,093 ft (638 m) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 0 |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| Area code | 785 |
| GNIS ID | 482526 [1] |
Earnest is a ghost town in Farmington Township, Rooks County, Kansas, United States. [1]
Earnest was issued a post office in 1882. The post office was discontinued in 1889. There is nothing left of Earnest. [2]
Frank Carlson was an American politician who served as the 30th governor of Kansas, Kansas State representative, United States representative, and United States senator from Kansas. Carlson is the only Kansan to have held all four offices. His political career spanned 40 years, beginning in November 1928 and ending in January 1969.
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The Poway synagogue shooting occurred on April 27, 2019, at Chabad of Poway synagogue in Poway, California, United States, a city which borders the north inland side of San Diego, on the last day of the Jewish Passover holiday, which fell on a Shabbat. Armed with an AR-15 style rifle, the gunman, John Earnest, fatally shot one woman and injured three other persons, including the synagogue's rabbi. After fleeing the scene, Earnest phoned 9-1-1 and reported the shooting. He was apprehended in his car approximately two miles (3.2 km) from the synagogue by a San Diego police officer. A month before the shooting, Earnest had attempted to burn down a mosque in Escondido.
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| Footnotes | †This community is designated a Census-Designated Place (CDP) by the United States Census Bureau. | |
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