Colby is situated in the exact geographical center of the county. Cumberland is a postoffice in the northeastern portion of the county. Letitia is situated in Township 7, Range 32, directly south of Cumberland. Streator is a postoffice about seven miles to the southwest of Letitia. Bray is a point around which considerable attention is paid to sheep husbandry and cattle raising.
LANE County is attached to Ness County as a municipal township.
It has two newspapers. W. H. Lee, editor and proprietor. There are sand hills in the southeastern portion of the county. The railroad stations are Aubrey, Syracuse, Midway and Coolidge, formerly Sargent. Mr. S. F. Kurtz is one of the prominent sheep-owners in this locality.