Editing Mulvane, Kansas

{{Short description|City in Sedgwick and Sumner County, Kansas}}
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{{Infobox settlement
|name                     = Mulvane, Kansas
|settlement_type          = [[City]]

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|established_date         = 1870s
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|established_date1        = 1879
|established_title2       = [[Municipal corporation|Incorporated]]
|established_date2        = 1883
|named_for                = Joab Mulvane

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|leader_name              = Brent Allen<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mulvanekansas.com/department/index.php?structureid=6|title= Mayor's Office / Mulvane, Kansas|website= mulvanekansas.com|access-date= December 27, 2019}}</ref>

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|area_code                = [[Area code 316|316]]
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'''Mulvane''' is a city in [[Sedgwick County, Kansas|Sedgwick]] and [[Sumner County, Kansas|Sumner]] counties in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Kansas]].<ref name="GNIS"/>  As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the population of the city was 6,286.<ref name="Census-2020-Profile">{{cite web |title=Profile of Mulvane, Kansas in 2020 |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US2049100 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=April 4, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220404082930/https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US2049100 |archive-date=April 4, 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Census-2020-QF">{{cite web |title=QuickFacts; Mulvane, Kansas; Population, Census, 2020 & 2010 |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/mulvanecitykansas/POP010220 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=August 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210827080108/https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/mulvanecitykansas/POP010220 |archive-date=August 27, 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref>

==History==
[[File:Stouffer's Railroad Map of Kansas 1915-1918 Sedgwick County.png|thumb|left|1915 Railroad Map of Sedgwick County]]
Mulvane was laid out in 1879<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_Qi9cXyTWt9EC | title=Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Volume 2 | publisher=Standard Publishing Company | author=Blackmar, Frank Wilson | year=1912 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_Qi9cXyTWt9EC/page/n322 332]}}</ref><ref name="Mulvane-History"/> at the junction of five [[Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway|Santa Fe]] rail lines.  It is named for Joab R. Mulvane, a railroad official who was instrumental in bringing the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad to Mulvane.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_fk0AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA637 | title=History of Wichita and Sedgwick County, Kansas: Past and Present | publisher=Windmill Publications | author=Bentley, Orsemus Hills | year=1910 | pages=637}}</ref>

Mulvane was changed to a city of the second class on December 20, 2001.<ref name="Mulvane-History">{{cite web |title=History of Mulvane |url=https://www.mulvanechamber.com/history-of-mulvane/ |website=City of Mulvane |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240117065731/https://www.mulvanechamber.com/history-of-mulvane/ |archive-date=January 17, 2024 |url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2008 and 2009, the city annexed land towards the west side of [[Interstate 35 in Kansas|I-35]] ([[Kansas Turnpike]]), then the [[Kansas Star Casino]] opened on it in 2011.<ref name="Mulvane-CDP-2013">{{cite web |title=Comprehensive Development Plan for the Mulvane Area, Kansas 2013—2023 |url=https://www.mulvanekansas.com/egov/documents/0d164b29_dd2f_ecc3_088e_e1d2d0f4176a.pdf |website=City of Mulvane |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240117070800/https://www.mulvanekansas.com/egov/documents/0d164b29_dd2f_ecc3_088e_e1d2d0f4176a.pdf |archive-date=January 17, 2024 |date=2013 |url-status=live}}</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|4.52|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{convert|4.50|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is land and {{convert|0.02|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>

Mulvane's Main Street follows part of the Sedgwick and Sumner county lines, and the town center is approximately five miles west of the spot where Sedgwick, Sumner, [[Butler County, Kansas|Butler]] and [[Cowley County, Kansas|Cowley]] counties intersect. {{clear left}}

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
| align = 
| 1880 = 215
| 1890 = 724
| 1900 = 667
| 1910 = 1084
| 1920 = 1239
| 1930 = 1042
| 1940 = 940
| 1950 = 1387
| 1960 = 2981
| 1970 = 3185
| 1980 = 4254
| 1990 = 4674
| 2000 = 5155
| 2010 = 6111
| 2020 = 6286
| estyear = 2023
| estimate = 6936
| estref = <ref name="USCensusEst2023">{{Cite web |title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2023 |url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-counties-total.html |access-date=March 24, 2024 |publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref>
| align-fn = center
| footnote = [https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html U.S. Decennial Census]<br/>2010-2020<ref name="Census-2020-QF"/>
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Mulvane is a part of the [[Wichita, KS Metropolitan Statistical Area]].

===2020 census===
The [[2020 United States census]] counted 6,286 people, 2,338 households, and 1,656 families in Mulvane.<ref>{{Cite web |title=US Census Bureau, Table P16: HOUSEHOLD TYPE |url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=Mulvane%20city,%20Kansas%20p16&y=2020 |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref><ref name=:0 /> The population density was 1,408.8 per square mile (543.9/km{{sup|2}}). There were 2,465 housing units at an average density of 552.4 per square mile (213.3/km{{sup|2}}).<ref name=:0>{{Cite web |title=US Census Bureau, Table DP1: PROFILE OF GENERAL POPULATION AND HOUSING CHARACTERISTICS |url=https://data.census.gov/table/DECENNIALDP2020.DP1?q=Mulvane%20city,%20Kansas%20dp1 |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |publisher=United States Census Bureau |title=Gazetteer Files |url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/2020/geo/gazetter-file.html |access-date=2023-12-30 |website=Census.gov}}</ref> The racial makeup was 89.01% (5,595) [[White (U.S. Census)|white]] or [[European American]] (87.32% [[Non-Hispanic White|non-Hispanic white]]), 0.48% (30) [[African American (U.S. Census)|black]] or [[African American|African-American]], 1.0% (63) [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]], 0.62% (39) [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.11% (7) [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]] or [[Native Hawaiian]], 0.6% (38) from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 8.18% (514) from [[Multiracial Americans|two or more races]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=US Census Bureau, Table P1: RACE |url=https://data.census.gov/table/DECENNIALPL2020.P1?q=Mulvane%20city,%20Kansas%20p1&y=2020 |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref> [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race was 4.88% (307) of the population.<ref>{{Cite web |title=US Census Bureau, Table P2: HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE |url=https://data.census.gov/table/DECENNIALPL2020.P2?q=Mulvane%20city,%20Kansas%20p2&y=2020 |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref>

Of the 2,338 households, 38.0% had children under the age of 18; 54.6% were married couples living together; 24.5% had a female householder with no spouse or partner present. 24.3% of households consisted of individuals and 11.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.<ref name=:0 /> The average household size was 2.6 and the average family size was 3.0.<ref>{{Cite web |title=US Census Bureau, Table S1101: HOUSEHOLDS AND FAMILIES |url=https://data.census.gov/table/ACSST5Y2020.S1101?q=Mulvane%20city,%20Kansas%20s1101%20&y=2020 |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref> The percent of those with a bachelor’s degree or higher was estimated to be 20.8% of the population.<ref>{{Cite web |title=US Census Bureau, Table S1501: EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT |url=https://data.census.gov/table/ACSST5Y2020.S1501?q=Mulvane%20city,%20Kansas%20s1501%20&y=2020 |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref>

27.8% of the population was under the age of 18, 7.8% from 18 to 24, 25.1% from 25 to 44, 23.2% from 45 to 64, and 16.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37.0 years. For every 100 females, there were 107.0 males.<ref name=:0 /> For every 100 females ages 18 and older, there were 110.7 males.<ref name=:0 />

The 2016-2020 5-year [[American Community Survey]] estimates show that the median household income was $65,286 (with a margin of error of +/- $16,008) and the median family income was $77,835 (+/- $17,261).<ref>{{Cite web |title=US Census Bureau, Table S1903: MEDIAN INCOME IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS (IN 2020 INFLATION-ADJUSTED DOLLARS) |url=https://data.census.gov/table/ACSST5Y2020.S1903?q=Mulvane%20city,%20Kansas%20s1903%20&y=2020 |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref> Males had a median income of $44,233 (+/- $7,691) versus $28,997 (+/- $6,552) for females. The median income for those above 16 years old was $34,413 (+/- $12,361).<ref>{{Cite web |title=US Census Bureau, Table S2001: EARNINGS IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS (IN 2020 INFLATION-ADJUSTED DOLLARS) |url=https://data.census.gov/table/ACSST5Y2020.S2001?q=Mulvane%20city,%20Kansas%20s2001%20&y=2020 |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref> Approximately, 5.1% of families and 9.2% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 14.1% of those under the age of 18 and 2.7% of those ages 65 or over.<ref>{{Cite web |title=US Census Bureau, Table S1701: POVERTY STATUS IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS |url=https://data.census.gov/table/ACSST5Y2020.S1701?q=Mulvane%20city,%20Kansas%20s1701%20&y=2020 |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=US Census Bureau, Table S1702: POVERTY STATUS IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS OF FAMILIES |url=https://data.census.gov/table/ACSST5Y2020.S1702?q=Mulvane%20city,%20Kansas%20s1702&y=2020 |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref>

===2010 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name ="wwwcensusgov">{{cite web|title=U.S. Census website|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2012-07-06}}</ref> of 2010, there were 6,111 people, 2,244 households, and 1,661 families living in the city.<ref name="Census2010">{{cite web|title=2010 City Population and Housing Occupancy Status|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=DEC_10_PL_GCTPL2.ST13&prodType=table|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=March 6, 2011}}{{dead link|bot=medic|date=April 2020}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> The [[population density]] was {{convert|1358.0|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 2,357 housing units at an average density of {{convert|523.8|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the city was 94.4% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.6% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 1.1% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.8% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.1% [[Race (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.7% from [[Race (U.S. Census)|other races]], and 2.4% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 3.5% of the population.

There were 2,244 households, of which 40.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.3% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 10.5% had a female householder with no husband present, 4.2% had a male householder with no wife present, and 26.0% were non-families. 23.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.70 and the average family size was 3.18.

The median age in the city was 35.1 years. 30.4% of residents were under the age of 18; 6.9% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 25.5% were from 25 to 44; 24.2% were from 45 to 64; and 13.1% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 48.0% male and 52.0% female.

===2000 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> of 2000, there were 5,155 people, 1,896 households, and 1,444 families living in the city. The population density was {{convert|2,261.1|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 1,963 housing units at an average density of {{convert|861.0|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 96.39% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.17% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.99% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.29% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.06% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.60% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.49% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 2.58% of the population.

There were 1,896 households, of which 41.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 63.0% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 9.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.8% were non-families. 21.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.69 and the average family size was 3.14.

In the city, the population was spread out, with 30.4% under the age of 18, 8.4% from 18 to 24, 28.8% from 25 to 44, 20.7% from 45 to 64, and 11.7% were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females, there were 93.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.8 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $46,923, and the median income for a family was $56,285. Males had a median income of $39,732 versus $26,797 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $19,523. About 2.1% of families and 3.4% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 4.0% of those under age 18 and 1.6% of those age 65 or over.

==Area events and attractions==
* Mulvane Old Settlers - one of the longest-running community events in Kansas, having started in 1873 (ten years before the town was officially incorporated).
* Doc Sunback Film Festival - annual [[film festival]] held in Mulvane, with a focus on [[independent film]]s and filmmakers from Kansas.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-06-16 |title=Doc Sunback Film Festival Returns With A Look At Wichita Filmmakers |url=https://www.kmuw.org/arts/2021-06-16/doc-sunback-film-festival-returns-with-a-look-at-wichita-filmmakers |access-date=2022-05-02 |website=KMUW |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Kansas Star Casino]]

==Education==
===Primary and secondary===
The community is served by [[Mulvane USD 263]] public school district. Munson Primary School teaches grades pre-kindergarten through second grade, Mulvane Grade School teaches third through fifth grades, Mulvane Middle School teaches sixth through eighth grades, and Mulvane High School teaches ninth through 12th grades.

===Colleges and universities===
[[Cowley County Community College]] operates a satellite campus within city limits.

==Notable people==
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* [[Laura M. Cobb|Laura Cobb]], United States Navy nurse during World War II
* [[Dennis Franchione]], [[college football]] coach.

==References==
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==Further reading==
{{See also|Sedgwick County, Kansas#Further reading|l1=List of books about Sedgwick County, Kansas}}
{{See also|Sumner County, Kansas#Further reading|l1=List of books about Sumner County, Kansas}}
* ''Mulvane - City of the Valley, Past and Present 1879-1977''; Madeline Farber; 1977.

==External links==
{{Commons category|Mulvane, Kansas}}
* [https://www.mulvanekansas.com/ City of Mulvane]
* [https://www.lkm.org/members/?id=41260908 Mulvane - Directory of Public Officials]

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