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Wellington was platted in 1871 and named for the Duke of Wellington. [5] It was designated as the Sumner County seat in 1872, winning out over Sumner City according to the Wellington library. Cattle herders coming up the Chisholm Trail helped to build the early town's economy. [6] The first post office in Wellington was established in July 1871 ...
Sumner County is part of the Wichita, KS Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the census [ 12 ] of 2000, there were 25,946 people, 9,888 households, and 7,089 families residing in the county. The population density was 22 people per square mile (8.5 people/km 2 ).
The Wellington Daily News is an American daily newspaper published in Wellington, Kansas. It is owned by CherryRoad Media. It is owned by CherryRoad Media. The paper covers the city of Wellington and Sumner County, Kansas , part of the Wichita metropolitan area .
The Downtown Wellington Historic District, in Wellington, Kansas, is a 21 acres (8.5 ha) historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007. [ 1 ] The district follows Washington Avenue, the main business thoroughfare, and is roughly bounded by 19th St., 4th St., Jefferson Ave. and the alley behind the ...
The Funeral of Shelley is an 1889 painting by the French artist Louis Édouard Fournier (1857–1917). The painting which is considered Fournier's most famous work is held in the permanent collection of the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool , England.
The Edwin Smith House in Wellington, Kansas was built in 1935. Also known as the Pink House, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004. [1] It has a 60 feet (18 m)-long facade topped by a parapet. It originally featured pink stucco. It is Spanish eclectic in style, and unusual in its small-town Kansas setting. [2]
The building is located at 1901 Olathe Bouelevard and was established in the mid-1890s by Horatio W. and Mary Gates. [2] That Gates family was among the first licensed embalmers in the state, and they built this Neoclassical-style funeral home in 1922 to house their growing business.