{"id":3812,"date":"2023-06-04T21:40:07","date_gmt":"2023-06-04T21:40:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/?p=3812"},"modified":"2026-08-18T00:28:48","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T00:28:48","slug":"sedgwick-county-kansas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/sedgwick-county-kansas\/","title":{"rendered":"Sedgwick County, Kansas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sedgwick County is a county in Kansas, United States, centred on Wichita in the south-central part of the state. It had a population of 523,824 at the 2020 census, making it the second-most populous county in Kansas, and covers 1,009 square miles (2,610 km2) &mdash; 998 square miles of land and 12 square miles of water &mdash; centred near 37&deg;43&prime;N 97&deg;27&prime;W.<\/p>\n<p>Wichita is the county seat, and its downtown postal code is 67202. The county contains 20 incorporated cities, two census-designated places and several unincorporated communities. Sedgwick County sits in the Central time zone.<\/p>\n<h2>Towns &amp; Villages in Sedgwick County<\/h2>\n<p>Sedgwick County has 20 incorporated cities &mdash; every one is legally a &#8220;city&#8221; under Kansas law, which does not use &#8220;town&#8221; or &#8220;village&#8221; as separate municipal classes &mdash; plus two census-designated places (CDPs, unincorporated but tracked by the Census Bureau) and a handful of smaller unincorporated communities. Wichita alone holds more than three-quarters of the county&#8217;s population.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tv-table-scroll\">\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Place<\/th>\n<th>Type<\/th>\n<th>Pop. (2020)<\/th>\n<th>ZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Wichita<\/td>\n<td>City &middot; seat<\/td>\n<td>397,532<\/td>\n<td>67202 and 40+ others<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Derby<\/td>\n<td>City<\/td>\n<td>25,150<\/td>\n<td>67037<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Haysville<\/td>\n<td>City<\/td>\n<td>11,168<\/td>\n<td>67060<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Park City<\/td>\n<td>City<\/td>\n<td>8,313<\/td>\n<td>67219<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Bel Aire<\/td>\n<td>City<\/td>\n<td>7,915<\/td>\n<td>67226<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Valley Center<\/td>\n<td>City<\/td>\n<td>7,376<\/td>\n<td>67147<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Maize<\/td>\n<td>City<\/td>\n<td>5,061<\/td>\n<td>67101<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Goddard<\/td>\n<td>City<\/td>\n<td>5,048<\/td>\n<td>67052<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Mulvane<\/td>\n<td>City<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>67110<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Kechi<\/td>\n<td>City<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>67067<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Clearwater<\/td>\n<td>City<\/td>\n<td>2,478<\/td>\n<td>67026<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Cheney<\/td>\n<td>City<\/td>\n<td>2,073<\/td>\n<td>67025<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Colwich<\/td>\n<td>City<\/td>\n<td>1,468<\/td>\n<td>67030<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Andale<\/td>\n<td>City<\/td>\n<td>1,124<\/td>\n<td>67001<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Garden Plain<\/td>\n<td>City<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>67050<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Sedgwick<\/td>\n<td>City<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>67135<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Mount Hope<\/td>\n<td>City<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>67108<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Eastborough<\/td>\n<td>City<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>67206<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Peck<\/td>\n<td>City<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Viola<\/td>\n<td>City<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>McConnell AFB<\/td>\n<td>CDP<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>67221<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Oaklawn-Sunview<\/td>\n<td>CDP<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>67216<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Furley<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Greenwich<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Schulte<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Waco<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>Two cities straddle county lines and are counted mainly by their larger share: Mulvane sits mostly in Sumner County with a smaller Sedgwick County extension, and Sedgwick city sits mostly in Harvey County with a smaller Sedgwick County extension. Both are listed here because part of each lies inside Sedgwick County.<\/p>\n<h2>ZIP Codes<\/h2>\n<p>Sedgwick County holds roughly 49 ZIP codes across 18 USPS-recognized cities &mdash; Wichita alone uses more than 30 of them, split by neighborhood, plus a dedicated 67260 for Wichita State University. Outside Wichita, each incorporated city generally keeps a single ZIP:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>67202 &mdash; downtown Wichita (county seat)<\/li>\n<li>67212, 67217, 67203, 67207, 67218, 67216, 67204, 67226, 67205 &mdash; other Wichita ZIPs<\/li>\n<li>67037 &mdash; Derby<\/li>\n<li>67060 &mdash; Haysville<\/li>\n<li>67147 &mdash; Valley Center<\/li>\n<li>67052 &mdash; Goddard<\/li>\n<li>67110 &mdash; Mulvane<\/li>\n<li>67101 &mdash; Maize<\/li>\n<li>67026 &mdash; Clearwater<\/li>\n<li>67025 &mdash; Cheney<\/li>\n<li>67030 &mdash; Colwich<\/li>\n<li>67001 &mdash; Andale<\/li>\n<li>67260 &mdash; Wichita State University (dedicated ZIP)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Smaller unincorporated communities such as Furley, Greenwich, Schulte and Waco have no ZIP of their own and are served by the nearest city&#8217;s post office.<\/p>\n<h2>Geography<\/h2>\n<p>Sedgwick County sits on the flat to gently rolling Wellington-McPherson Lowlands of south-central Kansas, where the Arkansas and Little Arkansas rivers meet at Wichita. The Ninnescah River crosses the county&#8217;s southwestern corner, and Cheney Reservoir, a federal flood-control lake, straddles the Sedgwick&ndash;Kingman county line. Farmland and grassland cover most of the rural county outside the Wichita metropolitan core.<\/p>\n<p>Sedgwick County borders <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/harvey-county\/\">Harvey County<\/a> to the north, <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/butler-county-kansas\/\">Butler County<\/a> to the northeast, <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/cowley-county\/\">Cowley County<\/a> to the east, Sumner County to the south, <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/kingman-county\/\">Kingman County<\/a> to the southwest and <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/reno-county\/\">Reno County<\/a> to the northwest.<\/p>\n<h2>Demographics<\/h2>\n<p>The 2020 census counted 523,824 residents, making Sedgwick the state&#8217;s second-most populous county after Johnson County. Wichita is by far the largest community, followed by Derby and Haysville. Overall density works out to roughly 525 people per square mile of land. Median household income across the county varies widely by ZIP code &mdash; from about $35,000 in some inner-Wichita neighborhoods to more than $160,000 in outer suburbs &mdash; and sits close to the Kansas median of $70,333.<\/p>\n<h2>Economy &amp; Local Life<\/h2>\n<p>Aviation dominates the county&#8217;s economy: Wichita has long billed itself the &#8220;Air Capital of the World,&#8221; home to Textron Aviation (Cessna and Beechcraft), Learjet\/Bombardier, Spirit AeroSystems and a large Boeing\/Spirit supplier network, alongside McConnell Air Force Base on the city&#8217;s southeast side. Wichita State University anchors higher education and applied-engineering research. The county is also the birthplace of two national restaurant chains, White Castle and Pizza Hut, both founded in Wichita in the early to mid 20th century. Outlying cities such as Derby, Goddard, Maize and Valley Center are largely bedroom communities for Wichita commuters, while Cheney, Colwich and Andale remain more agricultural.<\/p>\n<h2>History<\/h2>\n<p>Sedgwick County was organized on February 26, 1867, named for John Sedgwick, the highest-ranking Union general killed in action during the Civil War (at Spotsylvania in 1864). Wichita grew from a Wichita and Osage trading post at the confluence of the Arkansas and Little Arkansas rivers into a major cattle-trail railhead in the 1870s and later, in the 1920s and 1930s, into a center of early American aviation manufacturing as Cessna, Beech and Stearman all set up factories in the city.<\/p>\n<h2>Getting There<\/h2>\n<p>Interstate 135 runs north&ndash;south through Wichita and links to Interstate 35 just south of the city; U.S. Routes 54, 81, 400 and 264 also cross the county. Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport is the county&#8217;s commercial airport, with regional and national flights.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Wichita &mdash; county seat, central<\/li>\n<li>Derby &mdash; 12 miles southeast of Wichita<\/li>\n<li>Haysville &mdash; 9 miles south of Wichita<\/li>\n<li>Valley Center &mdash; 10 miles north of Wichita<\/li>\n<li>Goddard &mdash; 13 miles west of Wichita<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Where is Sedgwick County, Kansas?<\/strong><br \/>It is in south-central Kansas, centred on Wichita, bordering Harvey, Butler, Cowley, Sumner, Kingman and Reno counties.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the population of Sedgwick County?<\/strong><br \/>523,824 at the 2020 census, the second-highest of any Kansas county.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How big is Sedgwick County?<\/strong><br \/>1,009 square miles (2,610 km2) total &mdash; 998 square miles of land and 12 square miles of water.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the county seat of Sedgwick County?<\/strong><br \/>Wichita is the county seat and largest city.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How many towns and cities are in Sedgwick County?<\/strong><br \/>20 incorporated cities, plus two census-designated places and several unincorporated communities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What ZIP codes are in Sedgwick County?<\/strong><br \/>About 49 ZIP codes, most within Wichita; outlying cities such as Derby (67037), Haysville (67060) and Goddard (67052) each keep their own.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why is Wichita called the &#8220;Air Capital of the World&#8221;?<\/strong><br \/>Because Cessna, Beechcraft, Learjet and Spirit AeroSystems have all built aircraft in the city since the 1920s, alongside McConnell Air Force Base.<\/p>\n<p>More counties in this state: <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/category\/kansas\/\">Towns and villages in Kansas<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sedgwick County is a county in Kansas, United States, centred on Wichita in the south-central part of the state. 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