Welcome to Anness ...

Anness is located in Sedgwick County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Anness, you might consider that their post office opened in 1887.

Anness is 1,380 feet [421 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Anness: 316

Communities near Anness ...

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

• Goddard
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Goddard is located in Sedgwick County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goddard
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,962 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Goddard <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Goddard
  • From Anness to Goddard
• Clearwater
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Clearwater is located in Sedgwick County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearwater
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,580 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clearwater <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Clearwater
  • From Anness to Clearwater
• Cheney
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Cheney is located in Sedgwick County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheney
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,173 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cheney <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Cheney
  • From Anness to Cheney
• Conway Springs
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Conway Springs is located in Sumner County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conway Springs
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,214 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Conway Springs <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Conway Springs
  • From Anness to Conway Springs
• Garden Plain
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Garden Plain is located in Sedgwick County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 912 people
• Argonia
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Argonia is located in Sumner County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argonia
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 462 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Argonia <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Argonia
  • From Anness to Argonia
• Norwich
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Norwich is located in Kingman County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwich
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 427 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Norwich <3>
• Viola
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Viola is located in Sedgwick County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viola
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 126 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Viola <3>
• Mayfield
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Mayfield is located in Sumner County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 104 people
• Milan
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Milan is located in Sumner County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milan
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 77 people
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Milan
  • From Anness to Milan

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 Anness. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Anness.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Anness. 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 Anness.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Anness ...

Looking for more information about Anness? 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 Anness, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Anness.

Adding Anness to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Anness 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 Anness was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Anness post office opened in 1887. The Anness post office closed in 1952.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Anness.