Anness, Kansas

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Anness is an unincorporated community in Sedgwick County, Kansas, United States, [1] about 4.75 miles west of Viola, between W 111th St S and W 119th St S, and between S 327th St W and S 343rd St W.

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History

Anness had its start by the building of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway through that territory. [2] [3] The original owner of the site named the town in honor of his wife, Ann S. Wilson. [3]

Anness was founded in the 1880s by WH Wilson, in what is now Sedgwick County. The first post office in Anness was established in February 1887. [4]

Education

The community is served by Kingman–Norwich USD 331 public school district.

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References

  1. ↑ "Anness, Kansas", Geographic Names Information System , United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior
  2. ↑ Blackmar, Frank Wilson (1912). Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Embracing Events, Institutions, Industries, Counties, Cities, Towns, Prominent Persons, Etc. Standard Publishing Company. p. 77. ISBN   9780722249055.
  3. 1 2 Bentley, Orsemus Hills (1910). History of Wichita and Sedgwick County, Kansas: Past and Present. Windmill Publications. p. 618.
  4. ↑ "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961". Kansas Historical Society. Archived from the original on October 9, 2013. Retrieved June 23, 2014.

Further reading

37°28′55″N97°43′43″W / 37.48194°N 97.72861°W / 37.48194; -97.72861


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