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Sedgwick County, Kansas

Date Established: February 26, 1867
Date Organized:
Location: Kansas map showing location of Sedgwick  County
County Seat: Wichita
Origin of Name: In memory of Maj. Gen. John Sedgwick (1813-1864). A career soldier, Sedgwick fought in the Seminole and Mexican Wars and served in territorial Kansas, on the Mormon Expedition, and in several frontier Indian campaigns. While commanding 6th Corps in the Army of the Potomac, he was killed by a Confederate sharpshooter at Spotsylvania on 9 May 1864, shortly after assuring his troops that the rebels "couldn't hit an elephant at this distance."
Cities & Townships
PlacePopulation (2020 census)
Afton Township  1,563 
Attica Township  7,401 
Bel Aire (city)  8,262 
Delano Township  11 
Eagle Township  1,161 
Erie Township  99 
Garden Plain Township  1,998 
Grand River Township  682 
Grant Township  5,465 
Greeley Township  1,049 
Gypsum Township  9,959 
Illinois Township  1,999 
Kechi Township  9,776 
Lincoln Township  519 
Minneha Township  3,365 
Morton Township  2,812 
Ninnescah Township  3,376 
Ohio Township  2,159 
Park Township  6,841 
Payne Township  1,296 
Riverside Township  13,175 
Rockford Township  23,462 
Salem Township  9,368 
Sherman Township  1,991 
Union Township  2,595 
Valley Center Township  4,751 
Viola Township  497 
Waco Township  660 
Wichita (city)  397,532 
Wichita Township  (Defunct)  
Total population: 523,824 

Township map of Sedgwick  County, 2000
Population:
1870 (1,095)
1880 (18,753)
1890 (43,626)
1900 (44,037)
1910 (73,095)
1920 (92,234)
1930 (136,330)
1940 (143,311)
1950 (222,290)
1960 (343,231)
1970 (350,694)
1980 (366,531)
1990 (403,662)
2000 (452,869)
2010 (498,365)
2020 (523,824)
Other Resources: Post offices in Sedgwick County
Cemeteries in Sedgwick County, As of 1906
Newspapers Available on Microfilm
Townships and Independent Cities in Sedgwick County
Bibliography
Kansas Memory
Links to Other Sites: Sedgwick County GenWeb
Early Kansas Maps [KanColl]
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