Ness City

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Ness City

Total population

1,162

Median home value

$116,600

29.6%

Bachelor's+

Median income

$64,583

Ness City$65k

National$74k

Elevation687 m

Land area2.64 km²

Weather67°F · Mostly Clear

Coordinates38.45°, -99.90°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Ness City is a city in and the county seat of Ness County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 1,329. Ness City is famous for its four-story Old Ness County Bank Building located downtown and nicknamed Skyscraper of the Plains.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Demographics & economy

Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Current forecast

Forecast for Ness City, KS from NOAA NWS API.

Health (adults)

Age-adjusted prevalence estimates from CDC PLACES (latest release).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Schools

Public K–12 schools within ~10 mi from Urban Institute Education Data Portal (NCES Common Core of Data, 2022).

Notable people from here

G

Gilmore Kinney

American college basketball player (1886–1916)

Tim Beck

American football player and coach

F

Floyd Elton Kinsinger

range management researcher

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Kansas

• Bazine
  11.5 mi away · pop. 406
• Utica
  19.4 mi away · pop. 135
• McCracken
  20.2 mi away · pop. 200
• Hanston
  25.1 mi away · pop. 213
• Burdett
  27.3 mi away · pop. 329
• Dighton
  30.4 mi away · pop. 733
• Jetmore
  32.3 mi away · pop. 580
• La Crosse
  32.6 mi away
• Liebenthal
  34.5 mi away · pop. 87
• Ogallah
  38.5 mi away · pop. 8
• Bison
  38.5 mi away · pop. 141
• Timken
  39.3 mi away · pop. 36

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Ness City

Record of experiments in the production of sugar from sorghum in 1889 at Cedar Falls, Iowa; Rio Grande, New Jersey; Morrisville, Virginia; Kenner, Louisiana; College Station, Maryland; and Conway Springs, Attica, Medicine Lodge, Ness City, Liberal, Arkalon, Meade, Minneola, and Sterling, Kansas / by

Wiley, Harvey Washington · 1890

15th census, population, 1930

United States. Bureau of the Census · 2002

Dead towns of central and western Kansas

Amy Bickel · 2011

Prayer and action

Ernest Edward Holmes · 1911

Search results from Open Library.

Recent natural events nearby

• Wildfire Burnt Canyon, Woodward, Oklahoma
  Wildfires · 2026-08-15 · 133 mi
• Wildfire Semi 270, Woodward, Oklahoma
  Wildfires · 2026-08-01 · 136 mi
• Wildfire Black Kettle, Roger Mills, Oklahoma
  Wildfires · 2026-09-14 · 187 mi
• Wildfire Sheep Pen, Las Animas, Colorado
  Wildfires · 2026-08-12 · 208 mi
• Wildfire B.B, Osage, Oklahoma
  Wildfires · 2026-08-06 · 216 mi
• Wildfire Old Deer, Carson, Texas
  Wildfires · 2026-08-23 · 219 mi
• Wildfire Rabbit Ear East, Union, New Mexico
  Wildfires · 2026-08-24 · 223 mi
• Wildfire BISON, Osage, Oklahoma
  Wildfires · 2026-08-21 · 223 mi

Wildfires, storms and other events from NASA EONET (last 12 months, within 250 mi).

Recently spotted species

Monarch

Danaus plexippus

Seen 2026-09-22

House Sparrow

Passer domesticus

Seen 2026-09-22

Yellow Garden Spider

Argiope aurantia

Seen 2026-09-16

Ornate Box Turtle

Terrapene ornata

Seen 2026-09-08

Mississippi Kite

Ictinia mississippiensis

Seen 2026-09-02

Pond Slider

Trachemys scripta

Seen 2026-08-11

Two-striped Grasshopper

Melanoplus bivittatus

Seen 2026-08-05

golden rain tree

Koelreuteria paniculata

Seen 2026-07-28

Northern Cardinal

Cardinalis cardinalis

Seen 2026-07-25

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Nearest stream gauge

Live readings from USGS NWIS · measured 2026-10-13 04:00 UTC.