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  Wichita County, Kansas -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Wichita County (standard abbreviation: WH) is a (A region created by territorial division for the purpose of local government) county located in the (The way something is with respect to its main attributes) state of (A state in midwestern United States) Kansas.
In the county the population is spread out with 28.70% under the age of 18, 7.30% from 18 to 24, 25.70% from 25 to 44, 22.30% from 45 to 64, and 16.00% who are 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a household in the county is $33,462, and the median income for a family is $41,034.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/w/wi/wichita_county,_kansas.htm   (533 words)

  
 Wichita County, Kansas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Wichita County (standard abbreviation: WH) is a county located in the state of Kansas.
The county should not be confused with the far better-known city of Wichita, located roughly 250 road miles (400 km) away, in south-central Kansas.
The racial makeup of the county is 86.25% White, 0.08% Black or African American, 0.71% Native American, 0.08% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 10.51% from other races, and 2.37% from two or more races.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wichita_County,_Kansas   (381 words)

  
 Handbook of Texas Online: WICHITA COUNTY
Wichita County (E-14) is in the extreme north central portion of the state, on the Oklahoma border.
Wichita County is drained from southwest to northeast by the Red and the Wichita rivers.
Wichita County was established by act of the Texas legislature on February 1, 1858, from the Cooke Land District, and was attached to Clay County for judicial purposes.
www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/WW/hcw8.html   (2350 words)

  
 Wichita County FMR CMR 34
Wichita County's current tax collection rates―that is, the percentage of the total tax levy actually collected before tax bills become delinquent―have been consistently high in recent years (Exhibit 3-4).
The county auditor's office has software that performs a comparison of the active vendor list with the delinquent tax roll to ensure that the treasurer does not release payments to vendors who are behind in their tax payments.
Between the criminal district attorney, the county sheriff and the constables for Precincts 1 and 2, the Wichita County received a total of $14,294.55 in LEOSE funds during calendar 2002.
www.window.state.tx.us /lga/fmr/cms/wichitaco/ch03.htm   (3464 words)

  
 Wichita County FMR CMR 34
In Wichita County, the county judge is primarily responsible for compiling the county's budget.
The responsibility for preparing county budget guidelines and the budget process lies primarily with the county judge, with the aid of the administrative assistant to the commissioners court and the county auditor.
Wichita County does not have a catalog of commonly used office supplies such as pencils, pens and writing pads from which supplies must be purchased.
www.window.state.tx.us /lga/fmr/cms/wichitaco/ch02.htm   (5013 words)

  
 Wichita Falls, Texas Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Wichita Falls is sister city to Fürstenfeldbruck in Bavaria, Germany.
Wichita Falls is the western terminus for Interstate 44.
The Wichita Falls ISD is one of only three school districts in Texas that does not require its students to attend a particular school in the district based on their residency.
artoftexas.com /encyclopedia/Wichita_Falls,_Texas   (965 words)

  
 Handbook of Texas Online: ARCHER COUNTY
Archer County (F-14) is located in north central Texas, bounded on the North by Wichita County, on the west by Baylor County, on the south by Young County, and on the east by Clay and Jack counties.
Hutto, a dentist from South Carolina and founder of the town, gave the county a one-story box house with four small rooms and one large room to be used as a courthouse.The large room served as a courtroom and office space for the county attorney.
The county's population centers, Archer City, Holliday, Windthorst, Megargel, Lakeside, Scotland, Mankins, Dundee, and part of Wichita Falls, are connected by U.S. highways 281, 277, and 82, and by Texas highways and roads.
www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/AA/hca5.html   (1678 words)

  
 Wichita County, TX News
Wichita Falls, Texas--- This morning, PETA sent an urgent plea to Wichita Falls Prosecutor Elaine Sample, urging her to appropriately prosecute Randy Spinks of the Wichita Falls area.
Wichita County is delivering a load of furniture to the Salvation Army`s drop-off center Wednesday, but they still need donations for hurricane evacuees from the rest of our community.
Vandals have wreaked havoc on a Wichita County cemetery.
www.topix.net /county/wichita-tx   (1050 words)

  
 Wichita County - Wichita
Wichita County was established by act of the Texas legislature on February 1, 1858, from the Cooke...
Wichita Falls Police are straightening out a bizarre case of mistaken identity, involving a pair of twins, and an apparent mix-up at the Wichita County jail.
Wichita County Indians fans were pleased Thursday as they witnessed their football team notch a victory over the visiting Syracuse Bulldogs, 49-20 in a league game.
wichitacounty.farlwichita.com   (1029 words)

  
 Wichita County Stories
A relic of the early eighties, a sod schoolhouse in which the children of the pioneers of Wichita County were first taught readin', writin', and 'rithmetic, still stands of the wide prairie 13 miles northwest of Leoti, the county seat.
The schoolhouse which was erected in the eighties has stood the roughness of the storms of the years, and is now being covered with cement to keep alive the memories of the early days when lumber was a luxury and the howl of the coyote was the music of the prairies.
There was no money in the county treasury to build schoolhouses, and the men of the territory for miles around met with teams, wagons and spades, dug up the sod and built the first school in Wichita County.
skyways.lib.ks.us /genweb/wichita/stories.html   (2572 words)

  
 Wichita County, Kansas KS, county profile - hotels, festivals, genealogy, newspapers - ePodunk
Wichita County, KS Wichita County is one of 105 counties in Kansas.
This was a decrease of -6.76% from the 2000 census.
This was a decline of 3.2% from 1997.
www.epodunk.com /cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=5122   (341 words)

  
 ipedia.com: Wichita Falls, Texas Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
It is the county seat of Wichita County 6.
Wichita Falls is the home of the annual Hotter'N Hell Hundred, the largest century (one hundred mile) bicycle ride in the US.
Wichita Falls is located at 33°53'49" North, 98°30'54" West (33.897047, -98.514881)
www.ipedia.com /wichita_falls__texas.html   (449 words)

  
 City of Wichita - Police Department WPD Main
Starting in October 2004, a new program was launched by theYWCA Wichita with a goal of reaching victims of domestic violence at the neighborhood level.
The program called Salons of Hope is collaboration between the YWCA and the Wichita Police Department that aims to involve salons in the fight against domestic violence.
The three categories are for officer of the year, non-sworn employee of the year and and volunteer of the year.
www.wichita.gov /CityOffices/Police   (473 words)

  
 Wichita County EC
Located in the High Plains area of western Kansas, Wichita County was once a thriving center of family farming and the commercial hub of the region (Leoti is the County seat and the only incorporated city in the County).
With its strategic plan, Wichita County will strive to make the area a place their children will want to remain to work and live in.
Wichita County Health Center, Wichita County Economic Development office, U.S.D. 467, Leotia Area Chamber of Commerce, First State Bank, and Security State Bank shared information and have nurtured a collaborative initiative.
www.ezec.gov /Communit/wichita.html   (419 words)

  
 Wichita County - County Clerk
She has worked in the County Clerks office for 17 years and was elected County Clerk in 2004.
Administering all county and state elections, including early voting and primaries, unless the commissioners court has transferred the function to the tax assessor-collector or an office of county election administrator;
In Texas counties with a population of less than 8,000, unless there has been a special election, the county clerk also serves as the district clerk, assuming all constitutional and statutory duties of the district clerk, along with those of county clerk.
www.co.wichita.tx.us /county_clerk.htm   (176 words)

  
 Wichita County Appraisal District
This website was developed to provide a service to the taxpayers of Wichita County and we hope that you find the information to be useful and informative.
The staff at Wichita Appraisal District pledges our best efforts to be courteous and professional in the handling of your property assessments.
Wichita Appraisal District shall not be liable for any damages whatsoever arising out of any cause relating to use of this application, including but not limited to mistakes, omissions, deletions, errors, or defects in any information contained in these pages, or any failure to receive or delay in receiving information.
www.wadtx.com   (327 words)

  
 Fort Tours | Wichita County Historical Markers
The county was named for Indians, and Indian troubles delayed local organization until 1882.
Marker Text: A pioneer leader in Wichita County, Simon Peter Hawkins was born in Crockett County, Tenn. He married Sara A. Hardin (1852-1937) in 1869.
Seeking better land, the men found lush grass in present Wichita County and settled their families on the north side of Gilbert Creek.
www.forttours.com /pages/hmwichita.asp   (2914 words)

  
 Wichita County Enterprise Community   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The Museum of the Great Plains traces the history of Wichita County, Kansas, through an array of displays.
Browse at the millenary shop; learn a thing or two in the one room school house; see how pioneer families lived in the kitchen and bedroom displays; or relive the cowboy days through the cattle brand displays.
Wichita County is home to one of the few remaining Santa Fe Railroad hand-dug wells.
www.ezec.gov /tourismguidewebsite/ruraltourism/wichita.html   (372 words)

  
 Sedgwick County Information Network
Sedgwick County Fire District #1 is concerned for your safety and strongly encourages citizens to have their home heating systems inspected and to install CO alarms in your home to provide early warning of accumulating CO.
It is said that Identity Theft is the fastest growing crime in the world and the Sedgwick County Sheriff's Office is hoping to educate enough people to try and stop this.
Old Cowtown Museum is a unique, 25 acre open-air living history museum which interprets the history of Wichita and Sedgwick County, and life on the southern plains, circa 1865 to 1880.
www.sedgwickcounty.org   (1310 words)

  
 Miscellaneous Wichita County, TX, Obituaries
Survivors include her husband; her mother, Grace Frerich of Scotland, Texas; two daughters, Karen Beaman and Laura, both of Wichita Falls; a sister, Jeannie Parkey of Holliday, Texas; three brothers, Jimmy Berend of Texas City, Texas, Tommy Berend of Lake Kickapoo, Texas, and Chuck Berend of Windthorst; and a grandchild.
She traveled by wagon from Erath County to Black Tower, N.M., where she and her family lived in a dugout on a land grant in 1906.
Survivors include two daughters, Becky Polk of Wichita Falls and Bernice Henigan of Hearne, Texas; a son, Courtland of Wichita Falls; seven grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; and a great-great-grandchild.
www.obitcentral.com /obitsearch/obits/tx/tx-wichita10.htm   (3601 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Wichita Falls, Texas (TX) (Wichita County) - (city) - Facts and Information
Wichita co., N Texas, on the Wichita R., 105 mi/169 km NW of Fort Worth; 33°53'N 98°31'W. Elev.
Wichitas and for the falls that have since been reduced to an area of rapidly flowing water in the Wichita R. The area was probably settled by Americans in the 1870s, but the town did not grow until the coming of the RR in 1882.
Wichita (on Holiday Reservoir) on S border (city limits and co. line).
reference.allrefer.com /gazetteer/W/W03085-wichita-falls.html   (281 words)

  
 Wichita county texas hunting leases Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
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 Wichita - Sedgwick County Historical Museum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
A distinctive local landmark, Wichita's 1892 City Hall is home to the Museum.
Known as the "Palace of the Plains," the building is one of the city's architectural jewels.
The Wichita - Sedgwick County Historical Museum's mission is to educate the community and its visitors about local history by collecting, preserving, and interpreting materials reflecting the heritage of Wichita and Sedgwick County.
www.wichitahistory.org   (117 words)

  
 The Political Graveyard: Wichita County, Tex.
Assignment of birthplaces, deathplaces, and cemeteries to counties is subject to error.
The intent is to locate places according to current county names and boundaries.
William Crawford Sherrod (1835-1919) — of Courtland, Lawrence County, Ala.
politicalgraveyard.com /geo/TX/WC.html   (557 words)

  
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The Wichita County Community Supervision and Corrections Department is charged with the responsibility for providing supervision of offenders placed on felony or misdemeanor community supervision by the 30th, 78th, and 89th District Courts, County Courts at Law No.'s 1 and 2, and the Wichita County Court.
Supervision is also provided to those defendants residing and/or working in Wichita County who are referred from other jurisdictions requesting courtesy supervision.
The mission of the Department is to: (1) protect the community through supervision of the offender; (2) deter criminal behavior through the administration of a continuum of sanctions imposed by the courts; (3) encourage and instill the desire for positive changes in the offender's behavior; and (4) increase community involvement in the community corrections system.
www.wcprob.org   (371 words)

  
 HOMES.COM: Wichita County Kansas Real Estate and Homes- KS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
If you looking for real estate in Wichita County Kansas or the surrounding area, Homes.com has a wealth of information about Wichita County real estate, Wichita County neighborhoods, new and existing Wichita County homes, and Wichita County-area Agents and Brokers.
Wichita County Homes: At Homes.com you have access to almost a million active home real estate listings nationwide.
Wichita County Agents and Brokers: Before you start your real estate buying or selling experience it is important to consult with a qualified Agent or Broker.
realestate.homes.com /files/416182/realestate_co-KS-Wichita.html   (269 words)

  
 Wichita County, KS
Wichita was the name of a confederacy of Caddoan Indians.
The Kansas State Historical Society also has more historical data for Wichita County online including a rich bibliography and lists of cemeteries, post offices, and newspapers.
USD 467 Wichita County Braves   (620) 375-4677 Leoti
skyways.lib.ks.us /counties/WH   (131 words)

  
 Crime Stoppers of Wichita/Sedgwick County, Kansas
Crime Stoppers, the Sedgwick County Sheriff's Office and Wichita Police Department joined forces with KSN News Channel 3 on April 25, 2002 to help make Wichita, Sedgwick County and Kansas a safer place to live.
Each day the Sedgwick County Sheriff's Department, Crime Stoppers and KSN News profile a "Wanted Felon of the Day." Crime Stoppers encourages the community to get involved and watch for the profiled felons.
Crime Stoppers of Wichita/Sedgwick County is a non-profit organization of citizens against crime.
www.wichitasedgwickcountycrimestoppers.com   (430 words)

  
 Wichita County Apartments for rent Wichita County apartment rentals, Wichita County furnished apartments to rent.
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www.sublet.com /area_rentals/kansas/wichitacounty_rentals.asp   (88 words)

  
 Wichita County Courthouse, Wichita Falls, Texas.
The Wichita County Courthouse is a 1916 courthouse that has been totally remodeled except for an original courtroom on the forth floor.
The 1886 Wichita County Courthouse and the courthouse ground
Anyone with additional information, stories or photos of Wichita County Courthouse or Wichita Falls, Texas please contact us.
www.texasescapes.com /TexasPanhandleTowns/WichitaFallsTexas/Wichita-County-Courthouse-Wichita-Falls-Texas.htm   (94 words)

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