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Sedgwick County, Kansas

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—newspaper titles
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146historic places
—earliest paper
1867formed
523,824pop. 2020
60cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 146 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1971. Most listings are in or near Wichita, Valley Center, Derby.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Kansas is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Sedgwick titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

66 of 146 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

146 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Ablah, Frank J. and Harvey J., HouseWichitaBuilding2009
Adeline Apartment BuildingWichitaBuilding2007
Administration BuildingWichitaBuilding1990
Allen's MarketWichitaBuilding2006
Allen, Henry J., HouseWichitaBuilding1973
Arkansas Valley Lodge No. 21, Prince Hall MasonsWichitaBuilding1977
Ash-Grove Historic District on East Douglas AvenueWichitaDistrict2016
Barnes, Oscar D. and Ida, HouseWichitaBuilding2015
Battin Apartments Historic DistrictWichitaDistrict2012
Belmont ArchesWichitaStructure2007
Bitting BuildingWichitaBuilding2012
Bitting Historic DistrictWichitaDistrict2004
Blaser, Frank E., HouseWichitaBuilding2010
Bond-Sullivan HouseWichitaBuilding2007
Bowers HouseWichitaBuilding2004
Broadview HotelWichitaBuilding2009
Broom Corn WarehouseWichitaBuilding2011
Brown BuildingWichitaBuilding2007
Buildings at 800 West Douglas BlockWichitaDistrict2004
Butts, J. Arch, Packard BuildingWichitaBuilding2011
Calvary Baptist ChurchWichitaBuilding1988
Campbell, B. H., HouseWichitaBuilding1973
Carey HouseWichitaBuilding1972
Century II Performing Arts and Convention CenterWichitaBuilding2020
Chapman-Noble HouseWichitaBuilding2006
Clapp, L. W., HouseWichitaBuilding1982
Clapp, R.D.W., HouseWichitaBuilding2006
College Hill Park BathhouseWichitaBuilding2008
Comley HouseWichitaBuilding2006
Commodore Apartment HotelWichitaBuilding2013
Corbin Education Center, Wichita State UniversityWichitaBuilding2025
Cowie, E.S., Electric Company BuildingsWichitaBuilding2019
Cudahy Packing PlantWichitaBuilding2012
Dawson FarmsteadValley CenterDistrict2024
Derby Public School-District 6DerbyBuilding2014
Dunbar TheatreWichitaBuilding2008
Eagle's Lodge #132WichitaBuilding2008
East Douglas Avenue Historic DistrictWichitaDistrict2004
Eastwood Plaza ApartmentsWichitaBuilding2019
Ellis-Singleton BuildingWichitaBuilding2006
Engine House No. 6WichitaBuilding1995
Fairmount ApartmentsWichitaBuilding2009
Fairmount Congregational ChurchWichitaBuilding2006
Fairmount CottageWichitaBuilding1985
Fairview ApartmentsWichitaBuilding2009
Farmer's and Banker's Historic DistrictWichitaDistrict2007
Farmer, J.E., HouseWichitaBuilding2011
Fourth National Bank BuildingWichitaBuilding2013
Fresh Air Baby CampWichitaBuilding2007
Garvey CenterWichitaDistrict2021
Gelbach HouseWichitaBuilding2002
Grace Methodist Episcopal ChurchWichitaBuilding2006
Grandview Terrace ApartmentsWichitaBuilding2016
Guldner HouseWichitaBuilding2010
Hayford BuildingsWichitaBuilding1982
Henry's Department StoreWichitaBuilding2020
Hillside CottageWichitaBuilding1976
Holyoke CottageWichitaBuilding2007
Hypatia HouseWichitaBuilding1991
Innes Department StoreWichitaBuilding2019
Interdale ApartmentsWichitaBuilding2025
International Harvester BuildingWichitaBuilding2003
Jackman, C.M., HouseWichitaBuilding2007
Johnson Drug Store BuildingWichitaBuilding2007
Kansas Gas & Electric Company BuildingWichitaBuilding2012
Keep Klean BuildingWichitaBuilding2007
Kellog Elementary SchoolWichitaBuilding2011
Kelly, Edward M., HouseWichitaBuilding2002
Knightley's Parking GarageWichitaBuilding
Kress, S. H., Company BuildingWichitaBuilding1985
Lassen HotelWichitaBuilding1984
Lewelling, Governor L.D., HouseWichitaBuilding2005
Linwood Park Greenhouse and Maintenance BuildingWichitaBuilding2008
Linwood Place Historic DistrictWichitaDistrict2013
Long, Chester I., HouseWichitaBuilding1978
Luling's City LaundryWichitaBuilding2012
Mack, John, BridgeWichitaStructure1992
Marjoy ApartmentsWichitaBuilding2025
Market Street CottageWichitaBuilding2007
McAfee Pool ComplexWichitaSite2025
McCormick SchoolWichitaBuilding1978
McCormick-Armstrong Press BuildingWichitaBuilding2020
McLean, Elizabeth, HouseWichitaBuilding2009
Mentholatum Company BuildingWichitaBuilding2006
Minisa BridgeWichitaStructure2026
Mohr BarnWichitaBuilding2006
Monroe-Mahan HouseWichitaBuilding1996
Mullen Court ApartmentsWichitaBuilding2007
Munger, Darius Sales, HouseWichitaBuilding1982
Newbern-Gore HouseWichitaBuilding2009
Nokomis and Navarre Apartment BuildingsWichitaBuilding2001
North Market Street Apartments Historic DistrictWichitaDistrict2010
North Riverside Park Comfort StationWichitaBuilding2008
North Topeka Avenue Apartments Historic DistrictWichitaDistrict2009
North Topeka Avenue-10th Street Historic DistrictWichitaDistrict1983
North Topeka Avenue-10th Street Historic District (Boundary Decrease)WichitaDistrict2018
Occidental HotelWichitaBuilding1982
Old Mission MausoleumWichitaBuilding2009
Old Sedgwick County CourthouseWichitaBuilding1971
Old Wheeler-Kelly-Hagny BuildingWichitaBuilding1982
Orpheum Theater and Office BuildingWichitaBuilding1980
Park Place-Fairview Historic DistrictWichitaDistrict2004
Penley HouseWichitaBuilding2009
Powell HouseWichitaBuilding2009
Price Elementary SchoolWichitaBuilding2025
Pryor HouseWichitaBuilding2009
Riverside CottageWichitaBuilding1989
Riverview ApartmentsWichitaBuilding2002
Roberts HouseWichitaBuilding2008
Rock Island DepotWichitaBuilding1973
Scottish Rite TempleWichitaBuilding1972
Sedgwick County Memorial Hall and Soldiers and Sailors MonumentWichitaBuilding1998
Sim Park Golf Course Tee SheltersWichitaStructure2008
Smyser HouseWichitaBuilding2009
South Kansas Avenue Historic DistrictWichitaDistrict2020
St. James Episcopal ChurchWichitaBuilding2020
St. Mark ChurchColwichBuilding1991
Stackman Court ApartmentsWichitaBuilding1991
Sternberg, William, HouseWichitaBuilding1989
Stoner Apartment BuildingWichitaBuilding2007
Sunnyside SchoolWichitaBuilding2011
Sutton PlaceWichitaBuilding2020
Topeka-Emporia Historic DistrictWichitaDistrict2004
US Post Office and Federal Building-WichitaWichitaBuilding1989
Union National Bank BuildingWichitaBuilding2012
University Hall, Friends UniversityWichitaBuilding1971
Van Arsdale, W.O., HouseWichitaBuilding2009
Vickers Petroleum Service StationHaysvilleBuilding2019
Victor Court ApartmentsWichitaBuilding2014
Virginia Apartment BuildingWichitaBuilding2001
Wall, Judge T. B., HouseWichitaBuilding1983
Western Union BuildingWichitaBuilding2018
Westside IOOF LodgeWichitaBuilding2013
Wichita City Carnegie Library BuildingWichitaBuilding1987
Wichita City HallWichitaBuilding1971
Wichita High SchoolWichitaBuilding2009
Wichita Historic Warehouse and Jobbers DistrictWichitaDistrict2003
Wichita Public Library-Main BranchWichitaBuilding2020
Wichita Veterans Administration HospitalWichitaDistrict2012
Wichita Wholesale Grocery CompanyWichitaBuilding1983
Wilkie, Grace, HouseWichitaBuilding2009
Wilson, Fred D., HouseWichitaBuilding2010
Wilson-Boyle HouseWichitaBuilding2011
Winders Historic DistrictWichitaBuilding2009
Woodburn HouseWichitaBuilding2009
Woolf Brothers Clothing CompanyWichitaBuilding2013

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Sedgwick was formed in 1867 (1867-02-26) from Butler, Marion.

SEDGWICK created from BUTLER and MARION.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Sedgwick County population from 1870 to 2020 (Census historical series).

524k262k1,0951870188019201950196020002020
1870188019001920194019501960198020002020
1,09518,75344,03792,234143,311222,290343,231366,531452,869523,824

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

60 cemeteries and 0 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 60 of 60 listed
NameLatLon
Afton Cemetery37.634-97.60634
Ascension Cemetery37.76894-97.2526
Branson Cemetery37.60714-97.20724
Calvary Cemetery37.65279-97.68491
Calvary Cemetery37.67795-97.29534
Chikaskia Cemetery37.64567-97.58245
Clearwater Cemetery37.51181-97.50524
Eastridge Cemetery37.59029-97.20726
El Paso Cemetery37.54182-97.2632
Eldridge Cemetery37.816-97.53706
Fairview Cemetery37.81946-97.24532
Fairview Cemetery37.61958-97.78611
Green Valley Cemetery37.8843-97.16977
Greenwich Cemetery37.75193-97.22681
Greenwood Cemetery37.60491-97.41585
Harrington Cemetery37.49002-97.58755
Highland Cemetery37.70266-97.30074
Hillcrest Cemetery37.51985-97.2203
Jamesburg Park Cemetery37.71606-97.44523
Kechi Township Cemetery37.80163-97.30054
Kensington Gardens Cemetery37.72481-97.20249
Lakeview Gardens Cemetery37.70976-97.19632
Lorraine Avenue Mennonite Cemetery37.84057-97.20122
Lutheran Cemetery37.7665-97.24441
Maize Cemetery37.77913-97.48975
Maple Grove Cemetery37.83957-97.32646
Maple Grove Cemetery37.70422-97.29622
Mount Hope Cemetery37.85491-97.67478
Mulkey Cemetery37.70695-97.68698
Noel Cemetery37.48693-97.42401
Old Mission Cemetery37.72449-97.29667
Old Saint Johns Cemetery37.58222-97.57091
Peotone Cemetery37.51054-97.68014
Pierpoint Cemetery37.7011-97.20767
Pioneer Cemetery37.64737-97.78685
Pleasant Ridge Cemetery37.67789-97.56323
Pleasant Valley Cemetery37.88409-97.48413
Reflection Pointe Cemetery37.63422-97.22711
Resthaven Cemetery37.66668-97.47755
Resurrection Cemetery37.71324-97.46097
Roll Cemetery37.5206-97.37399
Ruby Cemetery37.56212-97.51622
Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery37.77968-97.54325
Saint Anthony Cemetery37.654-97.68463
Saint Johns Cemetery37.5644-97.55559
Saint Joseph Cemetery37.79487-97.63019
Saint Marks Cemetery37.73836-97.56335
Saint Marys Cemetery37.70653-97.64303
Saint Paul Lutheran Cemetery37.66312-97.74278
Saint Peters Cemetery37.62462-97.47091
Seltzer Cemetery37.66518-97.16653
Sunnydale Park Cemetery37.8713-97.31837
Temple Emanuel Cemetery37.70123-97.3013
Union Cemetery37.52699-97.15365
Valley Center Cemetery37.85923-97.37108
Viola Cemetery37.48649-97.64232
Waco Cemetery37.52446-97.34255
White Chapel Memorial Gardens37.7175-97.27659
Wichita Hebrew Cemetery37.71971-97.27999
Wichita Park Cemetery37.72826-97.29672

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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