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Ness County, Kansas

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8historic places

—earliest paper

1867formed

2,687pop. 2020

22cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 8 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1972. Most listings are in or near Bazine, Ness City, Beeler.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Kansas is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Ness titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

3 of 8 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

8 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Carver, George Washington, Homestead Site	Beeler	Site	1977
Indian Village on Pawnee Fork	Bazine	Site	2010
Lion Block	Ness City	Building	2008
Ness County Bank	Ness City	Building	1972
Ness County Bridge FS-450	Bazine	Structure	2017
Pawnee River Tributary Bridge	Bazine	Structure	1985
Thornburg Barn	Utica	Building	2009
Tilley, Henry, House	Ransom	Building	2006

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Ness was formed in 1867 (1867-02-26) from Marion.

NESS created from MARION and Non-County Area 2 attached to RILEY.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Ness County population from 1870 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1870	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
2	3,722	4,535	7,490	6,864	6,322	5,470	4,498	3,454	2,687

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

22 cemeteries and 0 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 22 of 22 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Amish Cemetery	38.68181	-100.05672
Arnold Cemetery	38.64731	-100.04746
Bazine Cemetery	38.47374	-99.696
Beeler Cemetery	38.45007	-100.19699
Brownwell Cemetery	38.62529	-99.77095
Buda Cemetery	38.28985	-100.17585
Chenoweth Cemetery	38.42115	-99.87544
Crandall Cemetery	38.33453	-99.63954
Cyrus Cemetery	38.68307	-99.84976
Dagenett Cemetery	38.58827	-99.89135
Fairview Cemetery	38.43507	-99.87287
Kunze Cemetery	38.34224	-99.90489
North Star Cemetery	38.5221	-99.99125
Prairie Chapel Cemetery	38.59453	-100.07334
Ramsey Cemetery	38.57501	-99.64156
Ransom Cemetery	38.63168	-99.91596
Riverside Cemetery	38.30483	-99.7773
Sacred Heart Cemetery	38.44369	-99.90079
Saint John the Baptist Cemetery	38.34163	-99.69594
Saint Mary's Cemetery	38.56644	-99.64107
Utica Cemetery	38.64608	-100.15822
Vansburgh Cemetery	38.62476	-99.77088

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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