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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.

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.

References

^ "Anness, Kansas", Geographic Names Information System, United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior
^ 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.
^ ^a ^b Bentley, Orsemus Hills (1910). History of Wichita and Sedgwick County, Kansas: Past and Present. Windmill Publications. p. 618.
^ "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961". Kansas Historical Society. Archived from the original on October 9, 2013. Retrieved June 23, 2014.

External links

Sedgwick County maps: Current, Historic, KDOT

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[GNIS-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.

[History-3] 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.

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-'''Anness''' is an [[unincorporated area|unincorporated community]] in [[Sedgwick County, Kansas|Sedgwick County]], [[Kansas]], [[United States]].
+{{Short description|Unincorporated community in Sedgwick County, Kansas}}
+{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}
+'''Anness''' is an [[Unincorporated area|unincorporated community]] in [[Sedgwick County, Kansas]], United States,<ref name="GNIS">{{cite gnis2|484510|Anness, Kansas}}</ref> about 4.75 miles west of [[Viola, Kansas|Viola]], between W 111th St S and W 119th St S, and between S 327th St W and S 343rd St W.
+==History==
-{{Sedgwick County, Kansas}}
+Anness had its start by the building of the [[Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway]] through that territory.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o8X5krq3fP8C&pg=PA77 | title=Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Embracing Events, Institutions, Industries, Counties, Cities, Towns, Prominent Persons, Etc. | publisher=Standard Publishing Company | author=Blackmar, Frank Wilson | year=1912 | pages=77| isbn=9780722249055 }}</ref><ref name="History" /> The original owner of the site named the town in honor of his wife, Ann S. Wilson.<ref name="History">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_fk0AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA618 | title=History of Wichita and Sedgwick County, Kansas: Past and Present | publisher=Windmill Publications | author=Bentley, Orsemus Hills | year=1910 | pages=618}}</ref>
-{{SedgwickCountyKS-geo-stub}}
+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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kshs.org/geog/geog_postoffices/search/county:SG |title=Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961 |publisher=Kansas Historical Society |accessdate=23 June 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131009133447/http://www.kshs.org/geog/geog_postoffices/search/county%3ASG |archivedate=October 9, 2013 }}</ref>
+==Education==
+The community is served by [[Kingman–Norwich USD 331]] public school district.
+==References==
+{{Reflist}}
+==Further reading==
+{{See also|Sedgwick County, Kansas#Further reading|l1=List of books about Sedgwick County, Kansas}}
+==External links==
+* Sedgwick County maps: [https://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/county-pdf/sedgwick.PDF Current], [https://www.ksdot.org/bureaus/burtransplan/maps/PastPublishedCounty.asp Historic], KDOT
+{{Sedgwick County, Kansas}}
+{{Authority control}}
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-[[Category:Sedgwick County, Kansas]]
+[[Category:Unincorporated communities in Sedgwick County, Kansas]]
 [[Category:Unincorporated communities in Kansas]]
+{{SedgwickCountyKS-geo-stub}}

v t e Municipalities and communities of Sedgwick County, Kansas, United States
County seat: Wichita
Cities	Andale Bel Aire Bentley Cheney Clearwater Colwich Derby Eastborough Garden Plain Goddard Haysville Kechi Maize Mount Hope Mulvane‡ Park City Sedgwick‡ Valley Center Viola Wichita	Map of Kansas highlighting Sedgwick County
CDP	Furley Greenwich McConnell AFB Oaklawn-Sunview Peck‡ St. Marks
Unincorporated communities	Anness Bayneville Clonmel Schulte Sunnydale
Townships	Afton Attica Delano Eagle Erie Garden Plain Grand River Grant Greeley Gypsum Illinois Kechi Lincoln Minneha Morton Ninnescah Ohio Park Payne Riverside Rockford Salem Sherman Union Valley Center Viola Waco
Footnotes	‡This community also has portions in an adjacent county or counties.
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