Ness County, Kansas

**Ness County** (standard abbreviation: **NS**) is a county in the U.S. state of Kansas. In 2020, 2,687 people lived there. The county seat is Ness City. Ness City is also the biggest city in Ness County.  The county was named after Corporal Noah V. Ness of the 7th Kansas Cavalry.

### 19th century

In 1867, **Ness County** was created.

## Geography

The U.S. Census Bureau says that the county has a total area of . Of that,  is land and  (0.02%) is water.

### Presidential elections

|Year|Republican|Democratic|Third Parties|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|style="text-align:center;"|**2020**|style="text-align:center;"|**88.5%** _1,339_|style="text-align:center;"|9.8% _149_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.7% _25_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2016**|style="text-align:center;"|**84.5%** _1,228_|style="text-align:center;"|11.1% _162_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|4.4% _64_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2012**|style="text-align:center;"|**83.7%** _1,209_|style="text-align:center;"|15.1% _218_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.2% _17_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2008**|style="text-align:center;"|**79.2%** _1,207_|style="text-align:center;"|19.0% _289_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.9% _29_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2004**|style="text-align:center;"|**77.4%** _1,407_|style="text-align:center;"|21.0% _382_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.6% _29_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2000**|style="text-align:center;"|**75.7%** _1,420_|style="text-align:center;"|20.4% _383_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|3.9% _73_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1996**|style="text-align:center;"|**68.2%** _1,336_|style="text-align:center;"|21.8% _428_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|10.0% _196_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1992**|style="text-align:center;"|**43.6%** _967_|style="text-align:center;"|25.5% _565_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|30.9% _686_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1988**|style="text-align:center;"|**56.6%** _1,230_|style="text-align:center;"|40.8% _887_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.6% _57_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1984**|style="text-align:center;"|**75.3%** _1,779_|style="text-align:center;"|22.9% _540_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.8% _43_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1980**|style="text-align:center;"|**67.5%** _1,657_|style="text-align:center;"|25.1% _616_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|7.4% _182_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1976**|style="text-align:center;"|46.5% _1,016_|style="text-align:center;"|**50.6%** _1,106_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.8% _62_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1972**|style="text-align:center;"|**68.4%** _1,539_|style="text-align:center;"|29.0% _652_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.7% _60_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1968**|style="text-align:center;"|**58.2%** _1,352_|style="text-align:center;"|33.0% _767_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|8.7% _203_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1964**|style="text-align:center;"|39.5% _1,034_|style="text-align:center;"|**59.7%** _1,562_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.7% _19_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1960**|style="text-align:center;"|**63.4%** _1,683_|style="text-align:center;"|36.2% _960_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.5% _12_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1956**|style="text-align:center;"|**70.8%** _1,876_|style="text-align:center;"|28.6% _758_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.6% _16_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1952**|style="text-align:center;"|**76.3%** _2,288_|style="text-align:center;"|22.1% _664_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.6% _48_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1948**|style="text-align:center;"|**58.1%** _1,689_|style="text-align:center;"|38.9% _1,130_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|3.0% _88_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1944**|style="text-align:center;"|**65.5%** _1,745_|style="text-align:center;"|32.9% _876_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.7% _45_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1940**|style="text-align:center;"|**58.7%** _1,826_|style="text-align:center;"|39.5% _1,230_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.8% _56_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1936**|style="text-align:center;"|39.2% _1,302_|style="text-align:center;"|**60.3%** _2,002_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.5% _18_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1932**|style="text-align:center;"|42.7% _1,409_|style="text-align:center;"|**53.6%** _1,772_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|3.7% _123_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1928**|style="text-align:center;"|**71.5%** _2,058_|style="text-align:center;"|27.2% _784_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.3% _36_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1924**|style="text-align:center;"|**64.6%** _1,629_|style="text-align:center;"|21.5% _541_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|13.9% _350_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1920**|style="text-align:center;"|**69.3%** _1,402_|style="text-align:center;"|24.3% _492_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|6.4% _129_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1916**|style="text-align:center;"|37.6% _927_|style="text-align:center;"|**49.2%** _1,213_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|13.2% _324_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1912**|style="text-align:center;"|18.1% _232_|style="text-align:center;"|35.8% _458_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|**46.1%** _590_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1908**|style="text-align:center;"|**48.0%** _635_|style="text-align:center;"|34.8% _461_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|17.2% _228_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1904**|style="text-align:center;"|**58.8%** _687_|style="text-align:center;"|16.1% _188_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|25.1% _293_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1900**|style="text-align:center;"|44.9% _511_|style="text-align:center;"|**51.2%** _583_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|3.9% _44_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1896**|style="text-align:center;"|39.0% _354_|style="text-align:center;"|**58.0%** _526_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|3.0% _27_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1892**|style="text-align:center;"|44.4% _495_||style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|**55.6%** _619_||
|style="text-align:center;"|**1888**|style="text-align:center;"|**57.3%** _891_|style="text-align:center;"|30.2% _470_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|12.5% _195_|

Ness County is very overwhelmingly Republican. The last time a Democrat won the county was Jimmy Carter in 1976.

### Unified school districts

- Western Plains USD 106
- Ness City USD 303
- LaCrosse USD 395, mostly in Rush County

### Cities

- Bazine
- Brownell
- Ness City
- Ransom
- Utica

## References

- Notes

## More reading

- _Handbook of Ness County, Kansas_; C.S. Burch Publishing Co; 42 pages; 1887.
- _Standard Atlas of Ness County, Kansas_; Geo. A. Ogle & Co; 64 pages; 1906.

## Other websites

- County
- Ness County - Directory of Public Officials
- Maps
- Ness County Maps: Current , Historic , KDOT
- Kansas Highway Maps: Current , Historic , KDOT
- Kansas Railroad Maps: Current , 1996, 1915, KDOT and Kansas Historical Society

## Infobox (u.s. county)

- **county**: Ness County
- **state**: Kansas
- **type**: County (United States), County
- **ex image**: Ness County, Kansas, courthouse from SE 1.JPG
- **ex image cap**: Ness County courthouse in Ness City, Kansas, Ness City (2016)
- **founded**: February 26, 1867
- **named for**: Noah V. Ness
- **seat wl**: Ness City
- **largest city wl**: Ness City
- **area total sq mi**: 1075
- **area land sq mi**: 1075
- **area water sq mi**: 0.3
- **area percentage**: 0.02%
- **population as of**: 2020
- **population total**: 2687
- **population density sq mi**: 2.5
- **district**: 1st
- **time zone**: Central