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'''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. |
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==History== |
==History== |
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Anness had its start by the building of the [[Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway]] through that territory.<ref>{{cite book | url= |
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> |
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The first post office in Anness was established in February 1887.<ref>{{cite web |
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> |
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==Education== |
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The community is served by [[Kingman–Norwich USD 331]] public school district. |
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==References== |
==References== |
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==Further reading== |
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{{See also|Sedgwick County, Kansas#Further reading|l1=List of books about Sedgwick County, Kansas}} |
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* 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 |
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Latest revision as of 19:08, 24 October 2024
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
[edit]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
[edit]The community is served by Kingman–Norwich USD 331 public school district.
References
[edit]- ^ "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.
Further reading
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