Ness City, Kansas

**Ness City** is a city in Ness County, Kansas, United States. It is also the county seat of Ness County. In 2020, 1,329 people lived there. Ness City is famous for its four-story Old Ness County Bank Building in downtown, and nicknamed _Skyscraper of the Plains_.

## History

Ness City was created in 1878. The town grew a lot when a railroad was built there in 1886.

## Geography

Ness City is at  (38.454055, -99.904656). The United States Census Bureau says that the city has a total area of . All of it is land.

### 2020 census

The 2020 census says that there were 1,329 people, 595 households, and 340 families living in Ness City. Of the households, 79.5% owned their home and 20.5% rented their home.

The median age was 48.8 years. Of the people, 86.1% were White, 0.6% were Native American, 0.1% were Black, 8.2% were from some other race, and 5.0% were two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 14.1% of the people.

### 2010 census

The 2010 census says that there were 1,449 people, 635 households, and 392 families living in Ness City.

## Other websites

- City
- City of Ness City
- Ness City - Directory of Public Officials
- Schools
- USD 303, local school district
- Sacred Heart Catholic School , local Catholic school, grades PS-8
- Maps
- Ness City Map , KDOT

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Ness City, Kansas
- **settlement type**: City and county seat
- **image skyline**: Ness County Bank.jpg
- **image caption**: Ness County Bank building (2013)
- **image map**: Ness_County_Kansas_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Ness_City_Highlighted.svg
- **map caption**: Location within Ness County, Kansas, Ness County and Kansas
- **image map1**: Map of Ness Co, Ks, USA.png
- **map caption1**: Kansas Department of Transportation, KDOT map of Ness County, Kansas, Ness County (:File:Kansas official transportation map legend.png, legend)
- **subdivision type**: List of sovereign states, Country
- **subdivision name**: United States
- **subdivision type1**: U.S. state, State
- **subdivision name1**: Kansas
- **subdivision type2**: List of counties in Kansas, County
- **subdivision name2**: Ness County, Kansas, Ness
- **subdivision type3**: List of townships in Kansas, Township
- **established title**: Founded
- **established date**: 1878
- **established title1**: Platted
- **established title2**: Municipal corporation, Incorporated
- **established date2**: 1886
- **named for**: Corporal Noah Ness
- **leader title**: Mayor
- **area total sq mi**: 1.46
- **area land sq mi**: 1.46
- **area water sq mi**: 0.00
- **area total km2**: 3.77
- **area land km2**: 3.77
- **area water km2**: 0.00
- **unit pref**: Imperial
- **elevation ft**: 2261
- **population as of**: 2020 United States census, 2020
- **population total**: 1329
- **population density sq mi**: auto
- **population density km2**: auto
- **timezone**: Central Time Zone, CST
- **utc offset**: -6
- **timezone dst**: CDT
- **utc offset dst**: -5
- **postal code type**: ZIP code
- **postal code**: 67560
- **area code type**: North American Numbering Plan, Area code
- **area code**: Area code 785, 785
- **blank name**: Federal Information Processing Standard, FIPS code
- **blank info**: 20-49925
- **blank1 name**: Geographic Names Information System, GNIS ID
- **blank1 info**: 2395176