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Sedgwick
County is located in south central Kansas.
Wichita, the largest city
and county seat of Sedgwick
County, was named for the Wichita Indians who originally inhabited this area.
The county was named after General John
Sedgwick. Sedgwick
County was created on
February 26, 1867, and organized in 1870 from Hunter,
Otoe
and Peketon
Counties. The county has
a strong agricultural economy and is home to numerous aircraft industries,
earning the title for Wichita of "the airplane capital of the
world." The Big and Little Arkansas rivers meet in downtown Wichita, the
largest city in the county. Counties
that lie adjacent to Sedgwick are: Harvey County (north); Butler County (east); Cowley County (southeast); Sumner County (south);
Kingman County (west); and Reno County (northwest). |
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Our “Gen-Tool Kit” has been primarily designed for those researchers who may be traveling to this location to perform on-site studies of their family history, or to just visit some of the interesting historical sites located in the area. It can be very satisfying to mix research with sightseeing at historical and scenic spots. Such activity not only gives you an understanding of the land but a needed break from intense research sessions. When visiting an ancestral county for genealogical research we’ve found that the three most important places to visit are the county courthouse; the county library; and the county historical and/or genealogical societies. It is also good to plan ahead by contacting any site you intend visiting in order to ascertain where it is and when it will be open. This is especially true with regard to historical and genealogical societies. We hope that the following information will provide you with a better idea of what resources are available, within this county, to the family historian. |
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All
Departments below can be contacted by clicking the link, by contacting the
Phone number below for each department or contacting the County
Courthouse at
525 N Main, Room 320, Wichita, KS 67203-3731; Phone: (316) 660-9300. NOTE: The record dates below are from the earliest date to present
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Derby Historical Museum
Frank Lloyd Wright's Allen-Lambe House Kansas Reference & Local History
Collection The Hopalong
Cassidy Cowboy Museum |
MHGS Research Library Museum of the Kansas National Guard
Old
Cowtown Museum Souder Historical Museum |
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South
Kansas Camp #2064, Wichita (Source: Sons of Confederate Veterans)
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Your LINK
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The
following are names of persons, found within our databases, as
having been either born, married or died in this location. To find out more about each surname listed above click on the corresponding Link. |
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Baker; Elliott;
Johnson; Kohler; McVicker; Riley;
Ross; Tiffin; Valentine |
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Around 1871-72, the widowed, Elizabeth
(Ross) McVicker and her family moved to Union
Township. In June of 1873 she married
Smith Riley an early settler of the area.
In 1877 John R. McVicker married Ms. Ella
Johnson and their first child Minnie was born April 1878 most likely at the McVicker Homestead then in Union Township, now in Park
Township. John and Mary produced a
total of eight children of which least five of these children were born in
here between 1878 and 1889. The 1880
census shows the McVicker family residing in Union
Township, in that area around the town of Maize that eventually fell into
Park Township. An 1882 plat map of the
county shows the farm of John McVicker located in
Township 26, South Range, 1 West, Section 28, NW 1/4. Today this property owned by the local
government and is located near the Maize Airport at the southeast corner of W
45th St. N and Tyler Road (W 87th St), see maps at our McVicker Image Gallery. Military Pension records show that John was still
living here on June 26, 1890.
Subsequently he and his family removed to California. Clyde E. McVicker
son of John Robert and Mary Ella (Johnson) McVicker
is buried here at Maize Park Cemetery. David McVicker, son of James and Elizabeth (Ross) McVicker, and his young family, were living at town of Maize in Park Township by the late 1890's. The 1900 Federal census shows the David
and his family living in Park Township, Sedgwick County, Kansas with their
five children: Theodosia (b. 1886), Lizzie (b. 1891), Edwin (b. 1894), Eugene
(b. 1896), and Grant (b. 1899). David
who made his living as a farmer was still living in this location as of the
1910 census. Soon thereafter the
family removed to Oregon. In 1900, John and Rebecca (McVicker) Tiffin, five of their children and two
grandchildren were residing in Wichita, Ward 2. Rebecca (McVicker)
Tiffin her son Timothy R. Tiffin and daughter Ella Tiffin are buried at Highland
Cemetery, located in
Wichita Township. Catherine (McVicker) Baker is buried in Maple Grove
Cemetery as well as her
son William B. Baker, also located here.
The following gen-sites have been
identified as places located within this county where our direct ancestors
are known to have been, born, married, died or resided. |
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Highland Cemetery
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LOCATION: Place: Highland Cemetery; Coordinates/Map: 37.7027915,
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Grave of William Eugene Stanley,
15th Governor of Kansas Click on thumbnail for
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DESCRIPTION: Highland Cemetery is located
on Hillside at 9th Street across Hillside from Maple Grove Cemetery. See NE 1/4 Section 15, TWP 27S, R1E, on a
Wichita Township plat map. |
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ANCESTORS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS GEN-SITE:
see history notes above |
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INTERNET
WEB LINK(s): Highland Cemetery-Histopolis;
Highland Cemetery; Photo Gallery (Highland Cemetery); City of Wichita - Highland Cemetery; Highland Cemetery, Wichita, KS |
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Maize
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LOCATION: Place: Maize; Coordinates/Map: 37° 46′ 23″ N,
97° 28′ 0″ W |
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DESCRIPTION: Maize is the major population center of Park Township. It is located in south-central Kansas, near Wichita.
Maize was founded by Henry Loudenslager in 1886, and incorporated May 17, 1915. The name maize was suggested by the Wichita & Colorado Railroad,
as the town was founded along the railroad through the corn
belt. Park
was the first township in Sedgwick County to be settled. It was in Park
Township that the first farm settler, John Ross, built his cabin and where he
met his tragic death Park was not
organized as a township until May 2nd, 1871.
Park is watered by both the Big and the Little Arkansas rivers. It is
thoroughly irrigated by the undertow of both rivers, hence at its beginning
was a highly productive agricultural economy.
In 1883 the population of Park Township was 418, today it is around
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ANCESTORS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS GEN-SITE: see history notes above |
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INTERNET WEB
LINK(s): Maize,
KS (Detailed Profile);
Maize,
Kansas - Wikipedia Park
Twp., Sedgwick Co., KS (Detailed Profile); Maize
City Website;
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Maize Park Cemetery
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LOCATION: Place: Maize
Park Cemetery; Coordinates/Map: 37°
46' 45" N, 97° 29' 24" W |
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DESCRIPTION: Maize Park Cemetery is
located in Union Township, in the northeastern Ľ of section 24, township 26
south, range 2 west of Sedgwick county. It is in
Union township on 53rd Street North one half mile west of 119th Street West,
see map at Image Gallery. Union Township was first settled by Henry
Pate and his four sons, in 1869. The
influx of settlers was so rapid that in 1872 all the land in the township had
been pre-empted. The township was organized in 1872, by E. A. Dorsey. It is primarily and agricultural community
with excellent crop producing qualities, as was abundantly testified by the
magnificent farms of the Germans, who settled in the eastern portion of the
township. Union Township is the largest in area of any township in the
county. It is watered by the Arkansas River, the "Big Slough" and
the Cowskin.
In 1883 the township maintained post offices in Eldridge and Ferris
and had a population, of 1,015. Colwich is the major population center in Union Township. The population of this community was 1,229
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ANCESTORS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS GEN-SITE: see history notes above |
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INTERNET WEB LINK(s): Colwich, Kansas - Wikipedia; 1880 Census (Union Twp.); Sedgwick Co., KS-Cemetery Registration; Union Twp., Sedgwick Co., KS (Detailed Profile); |
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Maple Grove Cemetery
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LOCATION: |
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DESCRIPTION: Maple Grove Cemetery was established in 1888. It is located on Hillside at 9th Street across Hillside from Highland Cemetery. See NW 1/4 Section 14, TWP 27S, R1E, on a Wichita Township plat map. |
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ANCESTORS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS GEN-SITE:
see history notes above |
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INTERNET
WEB LINK(s): Maple
Grove Cemetery - Wichita, Kansas;
Maple Grove Cemetery (Civil War
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McVicker Homestead
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LOCATION: |
Maps of McVicker
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DESCRIPTION: An 1882 plat map
of the county shows the farm of John McVicker located
in Township 26, South Range, 1 West, Section 28, NW 1/4. Today this property owned by the local
government and is located near the Maize Airport at the southeast corner of W
45th St. N and Tyler Road (W 87th St). |
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ANCESTORS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS GEN-SITE:
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The list
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birth, marriage, death dates and the place(s) within this locality at which
these events may have occurred. |
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Sedgwick County Physical,
Cultural & Historic Features Sedgwick County ZIP Codes
| Area Codes Sedgwick County Land -
Property, Farms & Ranches Profiles
for 158 cities, towns and other populated places in Sedgwick County Kansas |
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Links To Populated Places Within This County |
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Incorporated
cities Wichita; Derby; Haysville; Park
City; Bel Aire;
Mulvane; Valley
Center; Goddard; Clearwater; Maize; Cheney; Sedgwick; Colwich; Kechi; Mount
Hope; Garden
Plain; Eastborough;
Andale; Bentley; Viola |
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Anness ·
Berwet ·
Clonmel
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Furley ·
Oaklawn-Sunview, a census-designated
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Peck
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Prospect ·
St. Paul ·
Schulte ·
Trails View (formerly Spasticville) ·
Waco ·
Wego |
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Afton - Attica - Delano - Eagle - Erie - Garden Plain - Grand River - Grant - Greeley - Gypsum - Illinois - Kechi - |
Morton
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- Park
- Payne
- Riverside
- Rockford
- Salem
- Sherman
- Union
- Valley
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For more information about
the U.S. State in which this county is located click
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Resources which enhance our
knowledge of the places inhabited by our ancestors are almost as important as
their names.
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other helpful resources that will assist you in discovering
Ancestral Locations. |
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subscription. We have divided our
collected into 14 record types as follows: Biographical; Birth; Cemetery; Census & City
Directories; Church; Court; Death; Immigration & Naturalization; Land;
Marriage; Military; Newspapers; Occupational; and Tax Records. We try not to list any sites that have only
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and records of this county and other places such as towns
and churches. The collection also
contains research works about military units and personnel during America’s
wars, in addition too resource texts about the ethnic and religious groups
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our research we have collected images and photographs that are of general
interest to a variety of localities.
Some of them are presented on this website because we believe they
tend to provide the reader with additional information which may aid in the
understanding of our ancestors past lives. |
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Pizza Hut opened 1958 in Wichita, Kansas |
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images that pertain to this location. ANCESTRAL
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