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Ness County, Kansas

Date Established: February 26, 1867
Date Organized:
Location: Kansas map showing location of Ness County
County Seat: Ness City
Origin of Name: In memory of Corp. Noah Van Buren Ness (or Kness), of Co. G, 7th Kansas Cavalry, who died 22 Aug 1864 at Abbeyville, Miss., of wounds received in action three days earlier. His military records spelled his surname Ness, and that spelling was used in the statute creating the county; however, recent research indicates he signed his name Kness on various legal documents. (See 'City, county realize their own name is misspelled', Topeka Capital-Journal, 6 Sept 2004.)
Cities & Townships
PlacePopulation (2020 census)
Bazine Township  394 
Center Township  1,340 
Eden Township  77 
Forrester Township  93 
Franklin Township  100 
Highpoint Township  52 
Johnson Township  54 
Nevada Township  343 
Ohio Township  165 
Waring Township  69 
Total population: 2,687 

Township map of Ness County, 2000
Population:
1870 (2)
1880 (3,722)
1890 (4,944)
1900 (4,535)
1910 (5,883)
1920 (7,490)
1930 (8,358)
1940 (6,864)
1950 (6,322)
1960 (5,470)
1970 (4,791)
1980 (4,498)
1990 (4,033)
2000 (3,454)
2010 (3,107)
2020 (2,687)
Other Resources: Post offices in Ness County
Cemeteries in Ness County, As of 1906
Newspapers Available on Microfilm
Townships and Independent Cities in Ness County
Bibliography
Kansas Memory
Links to Other Sites: Ness County GenWeb
Early Kansas Maps [KanColl]
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