Welcome to Wichita ...The city of Wichita is located in Sedgwick County<1> and is the County Seat for Sedgwick County. Wichita was established in 1863. The origin (or the toponymy) of Wichita: Named for the Wichita tribe. When the people of Wichita refer to themselves (known as a demonym), they frequently use Wichitan<2> From the Census Estimates for 2019, Wichita has a population of 390,335 people<3> (see below for details). The community of Wichita is 1,290 feet [393 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: Wichita lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for Wichita: 316 The ZIP codes for Wichita: 67201-67221, 67223, 67226-67228, 67230, 67232, 67235, 67260, 67275-67278<5> Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Wichita had an population of 390,335 people. This is an increase of 2.08% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 13.38% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Wichita had a population of 382,368 people (or 76.61% of the total population of Sedgwick County). This makes Wichita the county's most populous community. The population of Wichita represents 13.4% of the population of Kansas (which has 2,853,118 people), making it the state's most populous community. With a 2010 count of 382,368 people, the population of Wichita increased 11.06% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 344,284 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Wichita. Communities Also Named Wichita ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Wichita - they are located in Iowa and Oregon. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Wichita. Websites for Wichita ...Official Website: www.wichitagov.org/ Chamber of Commerce: www.wichitakansas.org/ Junior League: www.jlwichita.org/ Communities near Wichita ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Wichita.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Wichita. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Wichita. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Wichita. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Wichita. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Wichita. Our list includes 173 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Wichita. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Wichita ...Looking for more information about Wichita? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. In addition to the Tourism page for Wichita, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Wichita. Adding Wichita to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Wichita in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Wichita was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> For more details, see References and Mentions for Wichita. Footnotes ...
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