Anness, Kansas
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]
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. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
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