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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 2023 American Community Survey, the MSA had a population of 652,939.
The Arkansas Valley Interurban Railway (AVI) was an interurban railway that operated in Kansas, United States, from 1910 to 1938 for passengers and to 1942 for freight, running between Wichita, Newton, and Hutchinson. [1] It operated a small fleet of electrically powered passenger and freight equipment. Service was suspended during World War II ...
Wichita, Kansas. 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 MS Mitch Mitchell Floodway, formerly the Wichita-Valley Center Floodway and known locally as “The Big Ditch”, is a canal in Wichita, Kansas, United States. [1] Built in the 1950s after a series of floods in the preceding decades, the Floodway diverts water from Chisholm Creek, the Little Arkansas River, and the Arkansas River to the west, around central Wichita, before emptying back ...
With 8,472 square miles (21,940 km 2) and a population of more than 2.2 million people, it is the second-largest metropolitan area centered in Missouri (after Greater St. Louis) and is the largest metropolitan area in Kansas, though Wichita is the largest metropolitan area centered in Kansas. [2]
The Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Company of Texas; main line, 3.651 miles, at Wichita Falls, Tex.; term 20 years from June 28, 1907; annual rental 3 per cent on valuation of $28,989.46; maintenance and operation to be divided on wheelage basis. 869.64. In addition, the Wichita Valley Railway uses under trackage rights road or facilities of ...
Valley Center was incorporated on September 29, 1885, [5] and was named for its location in the valley of the Arkansas River. [6]The former Valley Center rail depot for Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company and the St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Company was moved to south of Hillsboro, Kansas at the southeast corner of Indigo Rd & 140th St, and is currently a private residence.
Map of regions covered by the 122 Weather Forecast Offices. The National Weather Service operates 122 weather forecast offices. [1] [2] Each weather forecast office (WFO or NWSFO) has a geographic area of responsibility, also known as a county warning area, for issuing local public, marine, aviation, fire, and hydrology forecasts.