Editing Kansas (section)

====South Central Kansas====
[[File:Wichita, Kansas skyline aerial view.jpg|thumb|Downtown Wichita in the winter.]]
In south-central Kansas, the [[Wichita metropolitan area, Kansas|Wichita metropolitan area]] is home to more than 600,000 people.<ref>{{cite web |last1 = N/A |title = Wichita (city), Kansas |url = http://census.gov/ |access-date = September 5, 2018 |archive-date = July 3, 2019 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190703162107/http://www.census.gov/ |url-status = live }}</ref> [[Wichita, Kansas|Wichita]] is the largest city in the state in terms of both land area and population. 'The Air Capital' is a major manufacturing center for the aircraft industry and the home of [[Wichita State University]]. Before Wichita was 'The Air Capital' it was a Cowtown.<ref name="gowichita1">{{cite web |url = http://www.gowichita.com/contact/who-we-are/from-cowtown-to-air-capital/ |title = Go Wichita Convention and Visitors Bureau |publisher = Gowichita.com |access-date = September 28, 2013 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130719203353/http://www.gowichita.com/contact/who-we-are/from-cowtown-to-air-capital/ |archive-date = July 19, 2013}}</ref> With a number of nationally registered historic places, museums, and other entertainment destinations, it has a desire to become a cultural mecca in the Midwest. Wichita's population growth has grown by double digits and the surrounding suburbs are among the fastest growing cities in the state. The population of [[Goddard, Kansas|Goddard]] has grown by more than 11% per year since 2000.<ref name="2006SubEst">{{cite web |url = https://www.census.gov/popest/estimates.php |website = Population Estimates |publisher = Census Bureau, Population Division |title = Annual estimates of the population through July 1, 2006 |date = June 28, 2007 |url-status = dead |archive-url = http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20061206215954/http://www.census.gov/popest/estimates.php |archive-date = December 6, 2006}}</ref> Other fast-growing cities include [[Andover, Kansas|Andover]], [[Maize, Kansas|Maize]], [[Park City, Kansas|Park City]], [[Derby, Kansas|Derby]], and [[Haysville, Kansas|Haysville]].

Wichita was one of the first cities to add the city commissioner and city manager in their form of government.<ref name="gowichita1" /> Wichita is also home of the nationally recognized Sedgwick County Zoo.<ref name="gowichita1" />
[[File: Full Scale Mercury Redstone (2831280402).jpg|thumb|right|The [[Cosmosphere]], the world-renowned space museum in Hutchinson.]]
Up river (the [[Arkansas River]]) from Wichita is the city of [[Hutchinson, Kansas|Hutchinson]]. The city was built on one of the world's largest salt deposits (of what would form [[Strataca]]), and it has the world's largest and longest wheat elevator. It is also the home of [[Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center]], Prairie Dunes Country Club and the [[Kansas State Fair]]. North of Wichita along [[Interstate 135 (Kansas)|Interstate 135]] is the city of [[Newton, Kansas|Newton]], the former western terminal of the [[Santa Fe Railroad]] and trailhead for the famed [[Chisholm Trail]]. To the southeast of Wichita are the cities of [[Winfield, Kansas|Winfield]] and [[Arkansas City, Kansas|Arkansas City]] with historic architecture and the [[Cherokee Strip (Kansas)|Cherokee Strip]] Museum (in Ark City). The city of [[Udall, Kansas|Udall]] was the site of the deadliest [[tornado]] in Kansas on May 25, 1955; it killed 80 people in and near the city.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.srh.noaa.gov/oun/wxevents/19550525/ |title = The Blackwell Tornado of 25 May 1955 |publisher = NWS Norman, Oklahoma |date = June 13, 2006 |access-date = January 28, 2007 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20061008140031/http://www.srh.noaa.gov/oun/wxevents/19550525/ |archive-date = October 8, 2006 }}</ref>