[2][3] The original owner of the site named the town in honor of his wife, Ann S.
[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] The community is served by Kingman–Norwich USD 331 public school district.
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