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Wichita: Old Sedgwick County Courthouse
Wichita: Old Sedgwick County Courthouse Old Sedgwick County Courthouse, Wichita, Kansas.

Wichita

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Wichita, city, seat (1870) of Sedgwick county, south-central Kansas, U.S. It lies on the Arkansas River near the mouth of the Little Arkansas, about 140 miles (225 km) southwest of Topeka. The city site is a gently rolling plain at an elevation of about 1,300 feet (400 metres). Summers are hot and winters cool; precipitation is moderate and falls mainly during the warm months. Wichita, the largest city in the state, is at the heart...

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