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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=https://books.google.com/books?id=o8X5krq3fP8C&pg=PA77#v=onepage&q&f=false | 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}}</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#v=onepage&q&f=false | title=History of Wichita and Sedgwick County, Kansas: Past and Present | publisher=Windmill Publications | author=Bentley, Orsemus Hills | year=1910 | pages=618}}</ref> |
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#v=onepage&q&f=false | 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}}</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#v=onepage&q&f=false | 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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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 | |
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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Revision as of 11:42, 20 September 2019
Anness is an unincorporated community in Sedgwick County, Kansas, United States.
History
Anness had its start by the building of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway through that territory.[1][2] The original owner of the site named the town in honor of his wife, Ann S. Wilson.[2]
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.[3]
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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 23 June 2014.
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