Unincorporated community in Sedgwick County, Kansas
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 .
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37°28′55″N 97°43′43″W / 37.48194°N 97.72861°W / 37.48194; -97.72861