Winfield

Winfield is a city and county seat of Cowley County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 11,777. It is situated along the Walnut River at its confluence with Timber Creek. In 1873, Winfield incorporated as a city. It was named for Rev. Winfield Scott, who promised to build the town a church in exchange for the naming rights. The Winfield State Hospital and Training Center, established in the community in the prior century to house and confine the mentally ill and developmentally disabled, remained as a dominant local employer throughout the 20th century. Pi Gamma Mu International Honor Society in Social Sciences was founded at Southwestern College in Winfield in 1924. In the 1960s, one of Wichita's principal manufacturers, Cessna Aircraft Company built a factory at Winfield's Strother Field. After the war, in the early 1950s, the field became the shared municipal airport and industrial park for Winfield and neighboring Arkansas City. On August 13, 1903, 30-year-old Gilbert Twigg, armed with a 12-gauge double-barrelled shotgun, opened fire at a concert, killing six people and wounding at least 25, before killing himself. The city is located 17 miles (27 km) north of the Kansas-Oklahoma state border at the junction of U.S. Routes 77-15-15 and 160. It follows the southeastern part of the K-360 bypass around the state.

History

Winfield was named for Rev. Winfield Scott, who promised to build the town a church in exchange for the naming rights. The first post office at Winfield was established in May, 1870. In 1873, Winfield incorporated as a city. The Winfield State Hospital and Training Center, established in the community in the prior century to house and confine the mentally ill and developmentally disabled, remained as a dominant local employer throughout the 20th century. The aircraft manufacturing industry in nearby Wichita (40 mi or 64 km to the north) provided employment for many Winfield residents, directly and indirectly. In the early 1950s, Strother Field became the shared municipal airport and industrial park for Winfield and neighboring Arkansas City. The Pi Gamma Mu International Honor Society in Social Sciences was founded at Southwestern College in Winfield in 1924. The international headquarters is now housed at a repurposed Carnegie Library building on Millington Street in downtown Winfield. On August 13, 1903, 30-year-old Gilbert Twigg, armed with a 12-gauge double-barrelled shotgun, opened fire at a concert, killing six people and wounding at least 25, before killing himself. Three others died in hospitals afterward. In 1998, the Winfield Correctional Facility was gradually turned into the Winfields Correctional Facility. It is now designated as a state-run mental hospital and training center for developmentally-disabled people. The facility was closed in 1998 due to political, political and legal changes.

Geography

Winfield is situated along the Walnut River at its confluence with Timber Creek. It is located 17 miles (27 km) north of the Kansas-Oklahoma state border at the junction of U.S. Routes 77 and 160. The city has a total area of 12.93 square miles (33.49 km²), of which 11.56 sq miles (29.94 km²) is land and 1.37sq miles (3.55 km²") is water. The area receives nearly 38 inches (970 mm) of precipitation during an average year with the largest share being received in May and Junewith a combined 20 days of measurable precipitation. Winter snowfall averages almost 12 inches, but the median is less than 3 inches (76 mm). Measurable snowfall occurs an average of 7 days per year with at least an inch of snow being received on four of those days. During a typical year the total amount of precipitation may be anywhere from 26 to 50 inches (1,300 mm) There are on average 90 days ofifiable precipitation per year. The minimum temperature falls below the freezing point (32 °F) anAverage of 102 days peryear. Typically the first fall freeze occurs between early October and the first week of November, and the last spring freeze occurs during the month of April. The largest share of precipitation is received in the months of May and June with a combined total of almost 38 inches of precipitation received in those two months.

Demographics

As of the census of 2010, there were 12,301 people, 4,600 households, and 2,848 families residing in the city. There were 5,217 housing units at an average density of 451.3 per square mile (174.2/km²) The racial makeup of the city was 85.7% White, 3.9% African American, 1.3% Native American, 3,9% Asian, and 3.4% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino people of any race were 6.1% of the population. The city's median income was $34,443, and the median income for a family was $44,539. The per capita income for the city in 2010 was $19,162, and 18.6% of those under age 18 and 11.4 per cent of those age 65 or over were living below the poverty line. The average household size was 2.37 and the average family size was 3.00. The median age was 36.7 years, with 23% of residents under the age of 18; 12% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 25% were from 25 to 44; 24.4%, from 45 to 64; and 15.7%, from 65 years of age or older. In the city, the population was spread out, with 24.9%, 27.8% from 18 to 24, 27.4%; and 19.4%. of residents were male and 49.3%. of female.

Economy

The Winfield-Arkansas City area has a wide range of industrial employers. Many are based at, and around, Strother Field, a municipal airport that the two cities share. The Kansas State Imbecile Asylum (later the Winfield State Hospital and Training Center) was established in the community in 1888, on a hill overlooking the city. A Crayola crayon-manufacturing plant was located in Winfield from 1952 to 1997. The city is home to the Cessna Aircraft Company, the world's highest-volume producer of aircraft, and the Kansas State Mental Hospital, which opened in 1887. The town is also home to a number of non-profit organizations, such as the Kansas School for the Blind and the Center for the Study of Mental Illness, which was founded in 1883. The Winfield and Arkansas City area was once known as "Winfield, Kansas" and is now known as the "Kansas City suburb of Winfield" and the town of Arkansas City. It is located in the Kansas City metropolitan area, which is now the state's second-largest city, after Kansas City, Kansas. It has a population of around 12,000. The community is located on the Kansas River, which runs through the center of the town. It was once the site of one of the country's largest railroads, the Southern Kansas and Western Railroad, which went from Florence to El Dorado in 1879. It also was the location of the first state mental hospital, opening in 1888.

Arts and culture

The Walnut Valley Festival is one of the nation's oldest and largest bluegrass and acoustic music festivals. Crowds have exceeded 15,000, arriving from around the nation. The event also often features folk music and Celtic music performances, and related cultural activities and exhibits. The festival is held on the third weekend of every September in Winfield, Ohio. The Walnut valley festival is one the nation’s oldest and biggest bluegrass music festivals, with crowds of up to 20,000 people.

Education

The community is served by Winfield USD 465 public school district, which operates Winfield High School. Southwestern College is a four-year private higher educational institution affiliated with the United Methodist Church. St. John's College was located in Winfield before it closed in 1986. The community is also home to Winfield Elementary, Winfield Middle, and Winfield high schools. It is also the home of Winfield Air Force Base, which is a National Guard Air Force base. Winfield is located on the U.S.-Mexico border and is on the Texas-U.S. Turnpike. It has a population of about 2,000 people, with most of its residents living in the central part of the town. The town is located near the border with Texas, Texas, and Nebraska. It also has a small portion of the Texas Panhandle, where it is located along the Texas/Oklahoma border and the Texas–Oklahoma state line. The city's population is about 1,000. It was founded in 1881. It became a city in 1883. It had a post-secondary school in 1894. It closed in the 1970s. It reopened in the 1990s as Winfield Community College, which it has since become a private college. The school is located in the town's central part. It opened a new high school in the early 2000s. In the late 1990s, the town was the site of the Winfield Airport, which was built in the 1950s.

In popular media

Fictional character Mary Ann Summers (played by Dawn Wells) in the television series Gilligan's Island is from Winfield. Winfield is mentioned in the TV series iCarly season three episode four iSell Penny Tees minute 3:33 to 3:45. The town is featured in the book "Winfield: The Lost World of Winfield" by David Walliams. The book is published by Simon & Schuster and is available in hardback and e-book editions. The first edition of the book was published in 1998. The second edition was released in 1999. The third and fourth editions were published in 2000 and 2001. The fifth and sixth editions were released in 2002 and 2003. The seventh and eighth volumes were released the following year. The sixth and seventh volumes were published the year after the seventh. The eighth and ninth volumes were also released in 2003 and 2004. The ninth and tenth volumes of the ninth volume were released that year, in 2004 and 2005. The final volume was released the same year. It was published as part of the 10th anniversary of the first volume of "The Lost World" by Simon and Schuster. The 10th and 11th volumes of "Gilligan’s Island" were also published that year. They were published as a joint effort by the producers of the two series and the writers of the second series. The series was called Gilligan”s Island: The First Half of the 1980s and the Third Series of the 1990s.

Air Quality, Water Quality, Superfund Sites & UV Index

The Air Quality index is in Winfield, Cowley County, Kansas = 87. These Air Quality index is based on annual reports from the EPA. Higher values are better (100=best). The number of ozone alert days is used as an indicator of air quality, as are the amounts of seven pollutants including particulates, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, lead, and volatile organic chemicals. The Water Quality Index is 60. A measure of the quality of an area’s water supply as rated by the EPA. Higher values are better (100=best). The EPA has a complex method of measuring the watershed quality, using 15 indicators such as pollutants, turbidity, sediments, and toxic discharges. The Superfund Sites Index is 40. Higher is better (100=best). Based upon the number and impact of EPA Superfund pollution sites in the county, including spending on the cleanup efforts. The UV Index in Winfield = 4.7 and is a measure of an area's exposure to the sun's ultraviolet rays. This is most often a combination of sunny weather, altitude, and latitude. The UV Index has been defined by the WHO (www.who.int/news-room/questions-and-answers/item/radiation-the-ultraviolet-(uv)-index) and is uniform worldwide.

Employed

The most recent city population of 11,777 individuals with a median age of 35.4 age the population dropped by -6.58% in Winfield, Cowley County, Kansas population since 2000 and are distributed over a density of 940 residents per square mile of area (360/km²). There are average 2.35 people per household in the 4,316 households with an average household income of $42,758 a year. The unemployment rate in Alabama is 6.80% of the available work force and has dropped -3.84% over the most recent 12-month period and the projected change in job supply over the next decade based on migration patterns, economic growth, and other factors will increase by 25.52%. The number of physicians in Winfield per 100,000 population = 90.9.

Weather

The annual rainfall in Winfield = 34.4 inches and the annual snowfall = 10.2 inches. The annual number of days with measurable precipitation (over .01 inch) = 73. The average number of days per year that are predominantly sunny = 225. 93 degrees Fahrenheit is the average daily high temperature for the month of July and 22.1 degrees Fahrenheit is the average daily low temperature for the month of January. The Comfort Index (higher=better) is 29, where higher values mean a more pleasant climate. The Comfort Index measure recognizes that humidity by itself isn't the problem. (Have you noticed nobody ever complains about the weather being 'cold and humid?) It's in the summertime that we notice the humidity the most, when it's hot and muggy. Our Comfort Index uses a combination of afternoon summer temperature and humidity to closely predict the effect that the humidity will have on people.

Median Home Cost

The percentage of housing units in Winfield, Cowley County, Kansas which are owned by the occupant = 56.32%. A housing unit is a house, apartment, mobile home, or room occupied as separate living quarters. The average age of homes = 55 years with median home cost = $76,920 and home appreciation of 0.45%. This is the value of the years most recent home sales data. Its important to note that this is not the average (or arithmetic mean). The median home price is the middle value when you arrange all the sales prices of homes from lowest to highest. This is a better indicator than the average, because the median is not changed as much by a few unusually high or low values. The property tax rate of $13.70 shown here is the rate per $1,000 of home value. If for simplification for example the tax rate is $14.00 and the home value is $250,000, the property tax would be $14.00 x ($250,000/1000), or $3500. This is the 'effective' tax rate.

Study

The local school district spends $5,056 per student. There are 11.3 students for each teacher in the school, 305 students for each Librarian and 633 students for each Counselor. 7.69% of the area’s population over the age of 25 with an Associate Degree or other 2-year college degree, 17.70% with a master’s degree, Ph.D. or other advanced college degree and 8.70% with high school diplomas or high school equivalency degrees (GEDs).