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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. The original owner of the site named the town in honor of his wife, Ann S. Wilson.

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.

Municipalities and communities of Sedgwick County, Kansas, United States
Cities
Map of Kansas highlighting Sedgwick County
CDPs
Unincorporated
communities
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 populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Coordinates: 37°28′55″N 97°43′43″W / 37.48194°N 97.72861°W / 37.48194; -97.72861


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