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Great Bend
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city in and the county seat of Barton County, Kansas, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Kansas
- County
- Barton
- Named after
- Bend in Arkansas River
- Total
- 10.63 sq mi (27.54 km )
- Land
- 10.50 sq mi (27.19 km )
- Water
- 0.14 sq mi (0.35 km )
- Elevation
- 1,850 ft (560 m)
- Density
- 1,403/sq mi (541.9/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( CST )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 (CDT)
- Fips code
- 20-28300
- Website
- greatbendks.net
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- county seat
- Official name
- Great Bend
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Barton County
- Population
- 14733
- Area
- 27.751137
- Elevation
- 564
- Capital of
- Barton County
- Official website
- www.greatbendks.net
- Image
- Downtown Great Bend Kansas 5-5-2012.jpg
- Households
- 6249
- Dialing code
- 620
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- Commons category
- Great Bend, Kansas
- postal code
- 67530
- inception
- 1871-00-00
- water as percent of area
- 1.0513
- different from
- Great Bend
- per capita income
- 25580
- described by source
- New International Encyclopedia
Sources (8)
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Encyclopedic overview
Great Bend is a city in and the county seat of Barton County, Kansas, United States. It is named for its location at the point where the course of the Arkansas River bends east then southeast. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 14,733. It is home to Barton Community College.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Great Bend” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.