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Welcome to Annelly ...

Annelly is located in Harvey County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Annelly, you might consider that their post office opened in 1885.

Annelly is 1,390 feet [424 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Annelly lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Annelly: 316

Communities near Annelly ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Annelly.

  • Newton
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Andover
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Andover is located in Butler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andover
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,672 people
    • Andover has also been known as:
    • Cloud City
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Andover <3>
  • Bel Aire
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Park City
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Valley Center
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Hesston
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Kechi
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Kechi is located in Sedgwick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kechi
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,109 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kechi <3>
  • Halstead
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • North Newton
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Sedgwick
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Annelly. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Annelly.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Annelly. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Annelly.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Annelly. See our Newspapers Page for Annelly.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Annelly ...

Looking for more information about Annelly? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Annelly, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Annelly.

Adding Annelly to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Annelly in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Annelly was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Annelly post office opened in 1885. The Annelly post office closed in 1921.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Annelly.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kansas' counties, including Harvey, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Annelly - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/