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Sedgwick County
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county in Kansas, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Kansas
- Founded
- February 26, 1867
- Named after
- John Sedgwick
- Seat
- Wichita
- Largest city
- Wichita
- Total
- 1,009 sq mi (2,610 km )
- Land
- 998 sq mi (2,580 km )
- Water
- 12 sq mi (31 km ) 1.2%
- Estimate 2025
- 538,433
- Density
- 524.9/sq mi (202.7/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 4th
- Website
- sedgwickcounty.org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- John Sedgwick
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Kansas
- Contains
- Wichita
- Capital
- Wichita
- Population
- 523824
- Area
- 2614
- Time zone
- Central Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Kingman County
- Official website
- www.sedgwickcounty.org
- Image
- Sedgwick county kansas courthouse 2009.jpg
- Households
- 199320
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- native label
- Sedgwick County
- Commons category
- Sedgwick County, Kansas
- topic's main category
- Category:Sedgwick County, Kansas
- inception
- 1870-00-00
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Sedgwick County, Kansas
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Sedgwick County, Kansas
- different from
- Sedgwick County
- water as percent of area
- 1.2
- social media followers
- 11532
- per capita income
- 30340
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Encyclopedic overview
Sedgwick County is located in the U.S. state of Kansas. Its county seat is Wichita, the most populous city in the state. As of the 2020 census, the population was 523,824, making it the second-most populous county in Kansas. The county was named after John Sedgwick, the highest ranking Union general killed during the American Civil War.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sedgwick County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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