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Ellsworth is a city in and the county seat of Ellsworth County, Kansas, United States. [1] As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 3,066. [4] Known as a cow town in the 1870s, when the Kansas Pacific Railroad operated a stockyard here for shipping cattle to eastern markets, in the 21st century, it serves as the trading center of the rural county.
Sedgwick County is located in the U.S. state of Kansas. Its county seat is Wichita, [3] the most populous city in the state. As of the 2020 census, the population was 523,824, [1] making it the second-most populous county in Kansas. The county was named for John Sedgwick, the highest ranking Union general killed during the American Civil War.
The Wichita, Kansas Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Office of Management and Budget, is an area consisting of four counties in south central Kansas, its only principal city is Wichita and its only central county is Sedgwick County. [2][3] As of the 2023 American Community Survey, the MSA had a population of 652,939.
College Hill Park. View from English Street. College Hill Park is managed by the Wichita Department of Park and Recreation. The city park spans 22 acres (8.9 ha) and is located on English and Circle Drive south of Douglas Avenue. Amenities include a basketball court, playground, shuffleboard courts, swimming pool, and tennis courts.
An additional exhibit hall named for former Wichita City Commissioner and Mayor Bob Brown was added to the original structure in 1986. The hall contains an additional 93,000 sq ft (8,600 m 2) of exhibit space with an 8,000 sq ft (740 m 2) lobby. [1] In 1997, the 303-room Hyatt Regency Wichita hotel was constructed and connected to the center. [3]
Friends University. Friends University is a private nondenominational Christian university in Wichita, Kansas, United States. It was founded in 1898. The main building was originally built in 1886 for Garfield University but was donated in 1898 to the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) by James Davis, a St. Louis business man.
The mall was first planned in 1972 as Kellogg Mall, but was later changed to Towne East Square. Construction began in 1973, [7] and officially opened on August 14, 1975, [8] and was the first large, modern, multi-level enclosed mall in Wichita. The original anchors were JCPenney, Dillard's, Henry's, Sears (which opened soon after the mall ...
Wichita (/ ˈwɪtʃɪtɔː / WITCH-ih-taw) [ 10 ] is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Kansas and the county seat of Sedgwick County. [ 3 ] As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 397,532. [ 5 ][ 6 ] The Wichita metro area had a population of 647,610 in 2020. [ 8 ] It is located in south-central Kansas on the Arkansas River.