Editing Goddard, Kansas (section)

==Geography==
Goddard is located at {{coord|37|39|35|N|97|34|27|W|type:city}} (37.659706, -97.574271)<ref name="GNIS"/> at an elevation of 1,463 feet (446 m).<ref name="GNIS"/> Goddard lies on [[U.S. Route 54 in Kansas|U.S. Route 54]] in south-central Kansas, immediately west of [[Wichita, Kansas|Wichita]].<ref name=KDOT/>

The community lies approximately {{convert|12|mi|km}} southwest of the [[Arkansas River]] and {{convert|8|mi|km}} north-northeast of the [[Ninnescah River]] in the Wellington-McPherson Lowlands region of the [[Great Plains]].<ref name=KDOT>{{cite web | title = 2003-2004 Official Transportation Map | publisher = [[Kansas Department of Transportation]] | year = 2003 | url = http://www.ksdot.org/burtransplan/maps/HistoricStateMaps/2003-04Mapside.pdf | access-date = 2011-03-28}}</ref><ref name=CountyMap>{{cite web | title = General Highway Map - Sedgwick County, Kansas | publisher = [[Kansas Department of Transportation]] | date = 2009-06-01 | url = http://www.ksdot.org/burtransplan/maps/county-pdf/sedgwick.PDF | access-date = 2011-03-28}}</ref>

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|4.49|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{convert|4.43|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is land and {{convert|0.06|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is water.<ref name="Gazetteer files">{{cite web |title=US Gazetteer files 2010 |url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=2012-07-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120125061959/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |archive-date=2012-01-25 }}</ref>