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Soon after Jones County organized in 1881, ranchers settled west of Skinout Mountain and established a community called Banner. In 1890, a post office named Neinda opened, with John O’Brien as postmaster. A cemetery began the following year. The Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway bypassed the town in 1902, creating Hamlin 6 mi. NW, and the post office closed in 1907. At its peak in the 1920s, the community had a school, Methodist and Baptist churches, a cotton gin, a doctor’s office, pharmacies, stores and a filling station. By the early 21st century, only the cemetery, Neinda Baptist Church building and Brown’s Cash Store Building remained in the once viable town.
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