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Downtown Wichita is located at 37°41′20″N 97°20′10″W (37.688888, −97.336111) at an elevation of 1,299 feet (396 m). [11] It mainly consists of the area between Murdock Street to the north, U.S. Route 54 (Kellogg) to the south, the Arkansas River to the west, and Washington Street to the east. Portions of Downtown overlap with the ...
wichita.gov. 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 ...
The U.S. state of Kansas is served with four area codes in the North American Numbering Plan: 316, 620, 785, and 913. Area code. Location. 316. city of Wichita and the surrounding area. 620. most of southern Kansas, excluding those areas covered by the 316 area code. 785. most of northern Kansas, excluding those areas covered by the 913 area code.
Prehistory and exploration. The site at the confluence of the Arkansas and Little Arkansas Rivers has served as a trading center and meeting place for nomadic hunting people for at least 11,000 years. [1] Human habitation in the Wichita area has been dated, in archeological digs, as far back as 3,000 B.C. [2]
The first Catholic church in Wichita, St. Mary's, was dedicated in 1872. That same year, the first Catholic congregation was organized in Hutchinson, holding its services in a granary. The first resident pastor within the Wichita area was appointed in 1873. The Diocese of Leavenworth, covering all of Kansas, was erected in 1877 by Pius IX.
Geography. College Hill is located at 37°41′13″N 97°17′22″W (37.686944, -97.289444) at an elevation of 1,360 feet (410 m). [4] It comprises the area between Central Avenue to the north and U.S. Route 54 to the south and between Hillside Street to the west and Oliver Avenue to the east.
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. [1] [2] As of the 2013 American Community Survey, the MSA had a population of 637,989.
Orpheum Theatre (Wichita, Kansas) / 37.6881000°N 97.3353222°W / 37.6881000; -97.3353222. The Orpheum Theatre is a historic theater in downtown Wichita, Kansas, United States. It was designed by renowned theatre architect John Eberson with funding from a group of local investors and opened on September 4, 1922.