Sedgwick County, Kansas





































































Sedgwick County, Kansas
County

Sedgwick county kansas courthouse 2009.jpg
Old Sedgwick County Courthouse in Wichita


Map of Kansas highlighting Sedgwick County
Location in the U.S. state of Kansas

Map of the United States highlighting Kansas
Kansas's location in the U.S.
Founded February 26, 1867
Named for John Sedgwick
Seat Wichita
Largest city Wichita
Area
 • Total 1,009 sq mi (2,613 km2)
 • Land 998 sq mi (2,585 km2)
 • Water 12 sq mi (31 km2), 1.2%
Population (est.)
 • (2016) 511,995
 • Density 500/sq mi (200/km2)
Congressional district 4th
Time zone
Central: UTC−6/−5
Website SedgwickCounty.org

Sedgwick County (county code: SG) is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. As of the 2010 census, the population was 498,365,[1] making it the second-most populous county in Kansas. The county seat is Wichita,[2] the most populous city in the state.




Contents






  • 1 History


    • 1.1 Early history


    • 1.2 19th century


    • 1.3 20th century




  • 2 Geography


    • 2.1 Adjacent counties




  • 3 Demographics


  • 4 Government


    • 4.1 Presidential elections


    • 4.2 Laws




  • 5 Transportation


    • 5.1 Airports




  • 6 Education


    • 6.1 Unified school districts




  • 7 Points of interest


  • 8 Communities


    • 8.1 Cities


    • 8.2 Census-designated places


    • 8.3 Unincorporated places


    • 8.4 Ghost towns


    • 8.5 Townships




  • 9 See also


  • 10 References


  • 11 Further reading


  • 12 External links





History




1915 Railroad Map of Sedgwick County



Early history



For many millennia, the Great Plains of North America was inhabited by nomadic Native Americans. From the 16th century to 18th century, the Kingdom of France claimed ownership of large parts of North America. In 1762, after the French and Indian War, France secretly ceded New France to Spain, per the Treaty of Fontainebleau. In 1802, Spain returned most of the land to France, but keeping title to about 7,500 square miles.


In 1803, most of the land for modern day Kansas was acquired by the United States from France as part of the 828,000 square mile Louisiana Purchase for 2.83 cents per acre. In 1848, after the Mexican–American War, the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo with Spain brought into the United States all or part of land for ten future states, including southwest Kansas. In 1854, the Kansas Territory was organized, then in 1861 Kansas became the 34th U.S. state.



19th century



Sedgwick County was founded in 1867, and named after John Sedgwick, who was a Major General in the Union Army during the American Civil War.[3]


In 1887, the Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska Railway built a branch line north-south from Herington to Caldwell.[4] This branch line connected Herington, Lost Springs, Lincolnville, Antelope, Marion, Aulne, Peabody, Elbing, Whitewater, Furley, Kechi, Wichita, Peck, Corbin, Wellington, Caldwell. By 1893, this branch line was incrementally built to Fort Worth, Texas. This line is called the "OKT". The Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska Railway was foreclosed in 1891 and was taken over by Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway, which shut down in 1980 and reorganized as Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas Railroad, merged in 1988 with Missouri Pacific Railroad, and finally merged in 1997 with Union Pacific Railroad. Most locals still refer to this railroad as the "Rock Island".



20th century


Sedgwick County was the setting for the murders committed by the BTK strangler from 1974 until 1991.[citation needed]Dennis Rader, an employee of the Sedgwick County city of Park City was arrested in early 2005 after he began sending incriminating letters taunting the police in 2004. He had not been heard from since 1979.[citation needed]Ken Landwehr of the Wichita Police Department led the task force which captured Rader, setting a new standard of serial crime detection in the process, which is still studied by police departments across the world. Rader is serving 10 life sentences at the El Dorado Correctional Facility in El Dorado.[citation needed]



Geography


According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,009 square miles (2,610 km2), of which 998 square miles (2,580 km2) is land and 12 square miles (31 km2) (1.2%) is water.[5]



Adjacent counties




  • Harvey County (north)


  • Butler County (east)


  • Cowley County (southeast)


  • Sumner County (south)


  • Kingman County (west)


  • Reno County (northwest)



Demographics











































































































Historical population
Census Pop.

1870 1,095
1880 18,753 1,612.6%
1890 43,626 132.6%
1900 44,037 0.9%
1910 73,095 66.0%
1920 92,234 26.2%
1930 136,330 47.8%
1940 143,311 5.1%
1950 222,290 55.1%
1960 343,231 54.4%
1970 350,694 2.2%
1980 366,531 4.5%
1990 403,662 10.1%
2000 452,869 12.2%
2010 498,365 10.0%
Est. 2016 511,995 [6] 2.7%
U.S. Decennial Census[7]
1790-1960[8] 1900-1990[9]
1990-2000[10] 2010-2016[1]



Age pyramid


Sedgwick County is part of the Wichita, KS Metropolitan Statistical Area.


As of the census[11] of 2000, there were 452,869 people, 176,444 households, and 117,688 families residing in the county. The population density was 453 people per square mile (175/km²). There were 191,133 housing units at an average density of 191 per square mile (74/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 79.38% White, 9.13% Black or African American, 1.11% Native American, 3.34% Asian, 0.06% Pacific Islander, 4.17% from other races, and 2.81% from two or more races. 8.04% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.


There were 176,444 households out of which 34.40% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.70% were married couples living together, 10.90% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.30% were non-families. 28.20% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.70% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.53 and the average family size was 3.14.


In the county, the population was spread out with 28.20% under the age of 18, 9.50% from 18 to 24, 30.30% from 25 to 44, 20.60% from 45 to 64, and 11.40% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females, there were 97.80 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.20 males.


The median income for a household in the county was $42,485, and the median income for a family was $51,645. Males had a median income of $37,770 versus $26,153 for females. The per capita income for the county was $20,907. About 7.00% of families and 9.50% of the population were below the poverty line, including 11.90% of those under age 18 and 7.00% of those age 65 or over.



Government



Presidential elections



Presidential Elections Results



















































































































































































































Presidential Elections Results[12]
Year

Republican

Democratic

Third Parties

2016

54.4% 104,353
36.3% 69,627
9.3% 17,818

2012

58.2% 106,506
39.4% 71,977
2.4% 4,412

2008

55.2% 106,849
42.5% 82,337
2.4% 4,544

2004

62.1% 110,381
36.5% 64,839
1.4% 2,459

2000

57.4% 93,724
38.3% 62,561
4.4% 7,132

1996

56.1% 93,397
35.8% 59,643
8.1% 13,559

1992

40.5% 75,577
33.6% 62,670
25.9% 48,228

1988

55.3% 86,124
42.1% 65,618
2.6% 4,003

1984

62.5% 95,874
36.1% 55,263
1.4% 2,178

1980

51.8% 75,317
37.9% 55,105
10.3% 15,009

1976

50.7% 69,828
46.5% 63,989
2.8% 3,812

1972

65.7% 83,949
30.7% 39,220
3.6% 4,532

1968

51.8% 60,853
37.5% 44,041
10.7% 12,575

1964
43.8% 52,592

55.2% 66,372
1.0% 1,217

1960

55.2% 73,501
44.3% 58,887
0.5% 696

1956

61.1% 72,292
38.6% 45,732
0.3% 336

1952

66.5% 70,983
32.7% 34,926
0.8% 879

1948

49.6% 39,165
48.9% 38,621
1.6% 1,243

1944

52.8% 38,896
46.7% 34,442
0.5% 360

1940
48.1% 32,160

51.1% 34,219
0.8% 547

1936
35.3% 21,654

64.4% 39,503
0.3% 197

1932
41.5% 21,815

55.8% 29,344
2.7% 1,435

1928

74.4% 32,132
24.7% 10,649
0.9% 405

1924

57.2% 21,144
23.6% 8,712
19.2% 7,087

1920

59.2% 16,642
39.1% 10,998
1.8% 494

1916
41.8% 10,899

51.3% 13,391
6.9% 1,792

1912
9.8% 1,419
39.6% 5,752

50.6% 7,350[a]

1908

50.3% 6,756
45.0% 6,049
4.8% 640

1904

60.8% 6,697
26.0% 2,869
13.2% 1,455

1900

50.0% 5,363
48.0% 5,144
2.0% 212

1896
42.7% 4,122

56.3% 5,434
1.1% 102

1892
46.7% 4,770


53.3% 5,448

1888

55.5% 6,071
36.8% 4,025
7.7% 841



Sedgwick County is fairly conservative for an urban county. It has only gone Democratic in a presidential election once since 1944. Democratic strength is concentrated in Wichita, while the suburban areas are strongly Republican.



Laws


Sedgwick County was a prohibition, or "dry", county until the Kansas Constitution was amended in 1986 and voters approved the sale of alcoholic liquor by the individual drink with a 30 percent food sales requirement. The food sales requirement was removed with voter approval in 1988.[13]



Transportation



Airports


The following public-use airports are located in Sedgwick County:




  • Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport (ICT)


  • Beech Factory Airport (BEC)


  • Cessna Aircraft Field (CEA)


  • Colonel James Jabara Airport (AAO)


  • Cook Airfield (K50)


  • Maize Airport (70K)


  • Westport Airport (71K)


  • Westport Auxiliary Airport (72K)


The following are closed airports:



  • Riverside Airport (K32)


Education



Unified school districts




  • Wichita USD 259 (Web site)

  • Derby USD 260 (Web site)

  • Haysville USD 261 (Web site)

  • Valley Center USD 262 (Web site)

  • Mulvane USD 263 (Web site)

  • Clearwater USD 264 (Web site)

  • Goddard USD 265 (Web site)

  • Maize USD 266 (Web site)

  • Renwick USD 267 (Web site)

  • Cheney USD 268 (Web site)




Points of interest



  • Sedgwick County Extension Arboretum

  • Sedgwick County Zoo

  • Sedgwick County Fair

  • Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum



Communities




2005 KDOT Map of Sedgwick County (map legend)




Map of Townships in Sedgwick County



Cities




  • Andale

  • Bel Aire

  • Bentley

  • Cheney

  • Clearwater

  • Colwich

  • Derby

  • Eastborough

  • Garden Plain

  • Goddard

  • Haysville

  • Kechi

  • Maize

  • Mount Hope

  • Mulvane

  • Park City

  • Sedgwick

  • Valley Center

  • Viola

  • Wichita




Census-designated places



  • McConnell AFB

  • Oaklawn-Sunview



Unincorporated places




  • Anness

  • Bayneville

  • Bellaire

  • Berwet

  • Clonmel

  • Furley

  • Greenwich

  • Greenwich Heights

  • Murray Gill


  • Peck‡

  • Prospect

  • St. Marks

  • St. Mary Aleppo

  • St. Paul

  • Schulte

  • Sunnydale


  • Trails View (formerly Spasticville)[14]

  • Waco

  • Wego




Ghost towns




  • Davidson

  • Hatfield

  • Huckle

  • Jamesburg

  • Marshall

  • Oatville

  • Wichita Heights




Townships


Sedgwick County is divided into twenty-seven townships. The cities of Bel Aire and Wichita are considered governmentally independent and are excluded from the census figures for the townships. In the following table, the population center is the largest city (or cities) included in that township's population total, if it is of a significant size. The county use to have one more township, Wichita Township, but it no longer exists.[15]


























































































































































































































































































































Sources: 2000 U.S. Gazetteer from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Township FIPS Population
center
Population Population
density
/km² (/sq mi)
Land area
km² (sq mi)
Water area
km² (sq mi)
Water %
Geographic coordinates
Afton 00425 1,290 14 (37) 91 (35) 2 (1) 1.73%
37°36′10″N 97°37′54″W / 37.60278°N 97.63167°W / 37.60278; -97.63167
Attica 03125 Goddard 4,959 62 (161) 80 (31) 0 (0) 0.23%
37°40′44″N 97°32′16″W / 37.67889°N 97.53778°W / 37.67889; -97.53778
Delano 17375 196 25 (64) 8 (3) 1 (0) 13.81%
37°43′2″N 97°25′13″W / 37.71722°N 97.42028°W / 37.71722; -97.42028
Eagle 19250 Bentley 1,069 12 (30) 92 (36) 1 (1) 1.44%
37°51′48″N 97°32′26″W / 37.86333°N 97.54056°W / 37.86333; -97.54056
Erie 21550 106 1 (3) 94 (36) 0 (0) 0.03%
37°31′24″N 97°44′51″W / 37.52333°N 97.74750°W / 37.52333; -97.74750
Garden Plain 25400 Garden Plain 1,780 19 (50) 92 (36) 0 (0) 0.15%
37°40′25″N 97°39′47″W / 37.67361°N 97.66306°W / 37.67361; -97.66306
Grand River 27300 607 7 (17) 91 (35) 2 (1) 2.20%
37°40′6″N 97°45′14″W / 37.66833°N 97.75389°W / 37.66833; -97.75389
Grant 28125 Valley Center (part) 3,710 40 (104) 93 (36) 0 (0) 0.47%
37°50′55″N 97°20′23″W / 37.84861°N 97.33972°W / 37.84861; -97.33972
Greeley 28400 Mount Hope 1,094 12 (31) 93 (36) 1 (1) 1.43%
37°52′21″N 97°39′17″W / 37.87250°N 97.65472°W / 37.87250; -97.65472
Gypsum 29300 5,822 64 (164) 92 (35) 0 (0) 0.51%
37°36′26″N 97°12′34″W / 37.60722°N 97.20944°W / 37.60722; -97.20944
Illinois 33775 1,620 18 (45) 93 (36) 0 (0) 0.12%
37°35′54″N 97°31′53″W / 37.59833°N 97.53139°W / 37.59833; -97.53139
Kechi 36250 Park City 8,041 143 (370) 56 (22) 0 (0) 0.23%
37°47′35″N 97°19′14″W / 37.79306°N 97.32056°W / 37.79306; -97.32056
Lincoln 41150 473 5 (13) 91 (35) 0 (0) 0.12%
37°52′35″N 97°11′53″W / 37.87639°N 97.19806°W / 37.87639; -97.19806
Minneha 47125 Eastborough 5,084 117 (304) 43 (17) 1 (0) 1.49%
37°41′11″N 97°11′25″W / 37.68639°N 97.19028°W / 37.68639; -97.19028
Morton 48550 Cheney 2,380 26 (67) 91 (35) 1 (0) 1.14%
37°37′24″N 97°46′33″W / 37.62333°N 97.77583°W / 37.62333; -97.77583
Ninnescah 50725 Clearwater 2,913 31 (81) 93 (36) 0 (0) 0.47%
37°30′51″N 97°31′28″W / 37.51417°N 97.52444°W / 37.51417; -97.52444
Ohio 52450 1,146 12 (32) 94 (36) 0 (0) 0.14%
37°31′56″N 97°25′21″W / 37.53222°N 97.42250°W / 37.53222; -97.42250
Park 54425 Maize 4,128 51 (131) 82 (32) 2 (1) 2.04%
37°46′26″N 97°26′13″W / 37.77389°N 97.43694°W / 37.77389; -97.43694
Payne 55075 1,119 14 (36) 80 (31) 0 (0) 0.21%
37°46′58″N 97°12′22″W / 37.78278°N 97.20611°W / 37.78278; -97.20611
Riverside 60125
Haysville (part)
Derby (part)
Oaklawn-Sunview CDP
15,694 333 (862) 47 (18) 1 (0) 1.98%
37°34′56″N 97°18′22″W / 37.58222°N 97.30611°W / 37.58222; -97.30611
Rockford 60675 Derby (part) 20,019 198 (514) 101 (39) 1 (0) 0.99%
37°31′55″N 97°14′47″W / 37.53194°N 97.24639°W / 37.53194; -97.24639
Salem 62675 Haysville (part) 8,411 102 (263) 83 (32) 1 (0) 0.95%
37°32′23″N 97°20′11″W / 37.53972°N 97.33639°W / 37.53972; -97.33639
Sherman 65100 Andale 1,362 14 (37) 96 (37) 0 (0) 0.22%
37°47′23″N 97°38′4″W / 37.78972°N 97.63444°W / 37.78972; -97.63444
Union 72375 Colwich 2,156 23 (60) 93 (36) 0 (0) 0.23%
37°46′55″N 97°32′8″W / 37.78194°N 97.53556°W / 37.78194; -97.53556
Valley Center 73275 Valley Center (part) 3,642 39 (100) 94 (36) 0 (0) 0.16%
37°51′22″N 97°24′10″W / 37.85611°N 97.40278°W / 37.85611; -97.40278
Viola 74050 Viola 547 6 (15) 93 (36) 1 (0) 0.98%
37°30′41″N 97°39′3″W / 37.51139°N 97.65083°W / 37.51139; -97.65083
Waco 74300 3,381 45 (117) 75 (29) 0 (0) 0.12%
37°36′35″N 97°24′57″W / 37.60972°N 97.41583°W / 37.60972; -97.41583


See also




  • National Register of Historic Places listings in Sedgwick County, Kansas

  • Chisholm Trail











References





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  2. ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved 2011-06-07.


  3. ^ Kansas State Historical Society (1916). Biennial Report of the Board of Directors of the Kansas State Historical Society. Kansas State Printing Plant. p. 205.


  4. ^ Rock Island Rail History


  5. ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2011-04-23.


  6. ^ "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". Retrieved June 9, 2017.


  7. ^ "U.S. Decennial Census". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 29, 2014.


  8. ^ "Historical Census Browser". University of Virginia Library. Retrieved July 29, 2014.


  9. ^ "Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 29, 2014.


  10. ^ "Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 29, 2014.


  11. ^ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.


  12. ^ http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS


  13. ^ "Map of Wet and Dry Counties". Alcoholic Beverage Control, Kansas Department of Revenue. November 2006. Archived from the original on 2007-10-08. Retrieved 2007-12-28.


  14. ^ http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=115:3:103222460506338::NO:3:P3_FID,P3_TITLE:473853%2CTrails%20View


  15. ^ County Map from Historical Atlas of Sedgwick County, Kansas; John P. Edwards; 50 pages; 1882.



Notes




  1. ^ This total comprises 6,546 votes (45.08 percent) for Progressive Theodore Roosevelt (who carried the county) and 804 votes (5.54 percent) for Socialist Eugene V. Debs.




Further reading





  • Wichita : Illustrated History 1868 to 1880; Eunice S. Chapter; 52 pages; 1914. (Download 3MB PDF eBook)


  • History of Wichita and Sedgwick County Kansas : Past and present, including an account of the cities, towns, and villages of the county; 2 Volumes; O.H. Bentley; C.F. Cooper & Co; 454 / 479 pages; 1910. (Volume1 - Download 20MB PDF eBook),(Volume2 - Download 31MB PDF eBook)


  • Standard Atlas of Sedgwick County, Kansas; Geo. A. Ogle & Co; 78 pages; 1905.


  • Historical Atlas of Sedgwick County, Kansas; John P. Edwards; 50 pages; 1882.



External links






County


  • Sedgwick County - Official Website

  • Sedgwick County - Directory of Public Officials


Historical

  • Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum

Maps


  • Sedgwick County Maps: Current, Historic, KDOT

  • Kansas Highway Maps: Current, Historic, KDOT

  • Kansas Railroad Maps: Current, 1996, 1915, KDOT and Kansas Historical Society





Coordinates: 37°43′N 97°27′W / 37.717°N 97.450°W / 37.717; -97.450







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