Places - Ness KSGenWeb

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Arnold, a money order postoffice of Ness county, is a station on the Missouri Pacific R. R., in Ohio township, about 15 miles northwest of Ness City, the county seat. It has an express office and is a shipping and supply point for that part of the county in which it is located. In 1910 it had a population of 75. Extracted 2002 by Carolyn Ward from Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, volume I, page 103.

Bazine, a village of Ness county, is a station on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe R. R. 11 miles east of Ness City, the county seat. It has a money order postoffice with one rural route, an express office, telephone connection, and is a trading and shipping point for the neighborhood. The population in 1910 was 125. Extracted 2002 by Carolyn Ward from Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, volume I, page 162.

Beeler, one of the minor villages of Ness county, is located in Eden township and is a station on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe R. R., 17 miles west of Ness City, the county seat. It has a money order postoffice, an express office, telephone connection, Protestant churches, a school, and is a trading and shipping point for the western part of the county. The population in 1910 was 75. Extracted 2002 by Carolyn Ward from Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, volume I, page 162.

Brownell, a town of Waring township, Ness county, is a station on the Missouri Pacifis R. R. about 16 miles northeast of Ness City, the county seat. It has a bank, a money order postoffice with one rural delivery route, express and telegraph offices, telephone connections, a good retail trade, Baptist and Methodist churches, good public schools, and in 1910 reported a population of 200. Extracted 2002 by Carolyn Ward from Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, volume I, page 245.

Danby, a rural hamlet of Ness county, is located about 10 miles northeast of Ness City, the county seat, and 7 miles south of Brownell, the nearest railroad station, from which mail is received by rural delivery. Extracted 2002 by Carolyn Ward from Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, volume I, page 491.

Francis, a money order post-hamlet of Ness county, is situated in Highpoint township, about 12 miles southeast of Ness City, the county seat, and in 1910 reported a population of 20. It has a general store and is a trading center for the neighborhood. Ness City and Bazine are the nearest railroad stations. Extracted 2002 by Carolyn Ward from Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, volume I, page 679.

Franklinville, a small settlement of Ness county, is situated on the south fork of Walnut creek 8 miles southwest of Ness City, the county seat, from which place mail is received by rural carrier. Extracted 2002 by Carolyn Ward from Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, volume I, page 683.

Manteno, a country postoffice of Ness county, is located on Guzzlers Gulch creek, 15 miles southwest of Ness City, the county seat. It has a postoffice and in 1910 had a population of 25. Extracted 2002 by Carolyn Ward from Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, volume II, page 215.

Ness City, the county seat of Ness county, is centrally located and is on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe R. R. It is an incorporated city of the third class; has 2 national banks, 2 newspapers (the News and the Echo), an electric light plant, flour mill, ice plant, creamery, telegraph and express offices, and an international money order postoffice with two rural routes. The population according to the census of 1910 was 712. Ness City was founded in 1878 by Richard Dighton. In 1880 an important addition was made by Robert Stephens. When the railroad was built in 1886 the town, which had not had much of a growth in the six years of its existence, began to have a wholesome boom, which reached its height in 1890 when it had a population of 869. In the next ten years there was a falling off in the population, due to the money panic and poor crops. A succession of good years and continued prosperity caused a gradual rise in the next decade. Extracted 2002 by Carolyn Ward from Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, volume II, page 352.

Nonchalanta, a postoffice and trading point in Ness county, is located 15 miles southwest of Ness City, the county seat, and 10 miles south of Laird, on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe R. R., the nearest shipping point. The population in 1910 was 69. Extracted 2002 by Carolyn Ward from Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, volume II, page 371.

Ransom, an incorporated city of Ness county, is located in Nevada township on the Missouri Pacific R. R., 12 miles north of Ness City, the county seat. It has a bank, a number of retail stores, a hotel, telegraph and express offices and a money order postoffice with one rural route. The population in 1910 was 204. It was incorporated as a city of the third class by the act of March 3, 1905. Extracted 2002 by Carolyn Ward from Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, volume II, page 549.

Riverside, a country hamlet in Ness county, is located in Highpoint township on the Pawnee river, about 15 miles southeast of Ness city, the county seat, and 13 miles from Hanston, the nearest shipping point. It has a money order postoffice. The population in 1910 was 40. Extracted 2002 by Carolyn Ward from Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, volume II, page 586.

Utica, a town in Ness county, is located in Ohio township on the Missouri Pacific R. R., about 20 miles northwest of Ness City, the county seat. It has a bank, a weekly newspaper (the Enterprise), a number of retail establishments, telegraph and express offices, and a money order postoffice. The population in 1910 was 400. Extracted 2002 by Carolyn Ward from Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, volume II, page 839.

Wellmanville, a country hamlet in Ness county, is located in High Point township about 20 miles southeast of Ness City, the county seat, and 10 miles south of Bazine, the nearest shipping point and the postoffice from which it receives mail. Extracted 2002 by Carolyn Ward from Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, volume II, page 899.