Dodge City
| Dodge City | |
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 Location in Kansas
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1872 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Kansas |
| County : | Ford County |
| Coordinates : | 37 ° 46 ′ N , 100 ° 1 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 27,340 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 838.7 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 32.9 km 2 (approx. 13 mi 2 ) of which 32.6 km 2 (approx. 13 mi 2 ) are land |
| Height : | 760 m |
| Postcodes : | 67801, 67843 |
| Area code : | +1 520 |
| FIPS : | 20-36000 |
| GNIS ID : | 485363 |
| Website : | www.dodgecity.org |
| Mayor : | E. Kent Smoll |
Dodge City is a town with 27,340 inhabitants (2010) in the US -amerikanischen State Kansas and the county seat of Ford County . It became known for its location as an outpost in the " Wild West ".
geography
The city is located in the central southwest of Kansas on the Arkansas River and is about 50 km from Oklahoma in the south.
traffic
Dodge City has good transport links to US Highways 50 , 56 , 283 and 400 , as well as Dodge City Regional Airport , which is regularly served by an airline. The Arkansas River is not considered navigable in Dodge City due to its low water level.
history
The first settlement on the site of today's city was Fort Mann , built in 1847 , a rest and repair station for the US Army on the Santa Fe Trail to supply troops in the Mexican-American War , which was destroyed in an Indian attack in 1848. In 1850 Fort Atkinson was built on the same site , which was replaced by the larger Fort Dodge in 1865 after the American Civil War .
The establishment of the settlement can be assumed for the year 1871, when the rancher Henry J. Sitler built a house east of Fort Dodge, from which he could watch his ranch and cattle. With the construction of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway , more settlers moved to the area and the city of Dodge City was founded, named after Grenville M. Dodge , a Union Army officer during the Civil War, member of the US Congress , businessman, promoter of the transcontinental rail link and a founder of General Mills Corporation . From 1872 Dodge City was known as a cattle town with a loading station for cattle from Texas , next to Abilene , Newton , Ellsworth and Wichita .
Since several famous men and gunslingers such as the brothers James , Morgan , Virgil and Wyatt Earp as well as Doc Holliday , Texas Jack Vermillion and John Joshua Webb had temporarily lived here, the city soon became well known.
The city achieved worldwide fame in the 20th century through many westerns as a novel or film, such as the series Smoking Colts about the fictional US Marshal Dillon.
Demographic data
| Population development | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1880 | 996 | - | |
| 1890 | 1763 | 77% | |
| 1900 | 1942 | 10.2% | |
| 1910 | 3214 | 65.5% | |
| 1920 | 5061 | 57.5% | |
| 1930 | 10,059 | 98.8% | |
| 1940 | 8487 | -15.6% | |
| 1950 | 11,262 | 32.7% | |
| 1960 | 13,520 | 20% | |
| 1970 | 14,127 | 4.5% | |
| 1980 | 18.001 | 27.4% | |
| 1990 | 21,129 | 17.4% | |
| 2000 | 25.176 | 19.2% | |
| 2010 | 27,340 | 8.6% | |
According to the 2000 census, 25,176 people lived here in 8,395 households and 5,968 families. The population density was 771 inhabitants per km². The racial the population was composed of 71.43% White, 1.94% African American , 0.69% Native American , 2.37% Asian American , 0.15% Pacific Islander and 20.82% from other races .
Children under the age of 18 lived in 41.1% of the 8,395 households, married couples lived in 55.1%, singles lived in 10.3% and 28.9% were not family households. 23.5% of all households consist exclusively of a single person and 9.6% have single persons over 65 years of age. The average household size was 2.94 and the average family size was 3.46.
In relation to the entire city, the population is composed of 31.2% residents under 18 years of age, 12.3% between 18 and 24 years of age, 30.0% between 25 and 44 years of age, 16.5% between 45 and 64 years of age 10.0% over 65 years. The median age was 29 years. For every 100 women there are 106.7 people and for 100 women aged 18 and over there are 104.2 men.
The average income of a household is 37,156 US dollars , for a family is 41,672 US dollars. The median income for men is $ 26,881 versus $ 22,064 for women. The per capita income is $ 15,538. About 13.9% of the population and 11.1% of families live below the poverty line .
religion
Dodge City is the seat of the Diocese of Dodge City .
Attractions
- Boot Hill Museum (old western town museum with western show in the evening)
- Dodge City Trail of Fame (stars with city personalities on the downtown walkway)
- Fort Dodge (old, partly preserved, fort)
- Gunfighter's Wax Museum (wax museum with the old western heroes)
- Kansas Teacher's Hall of Fame
- Liberty Garden (park with two real parts of the World Trade Center)
- Traces of the Santa Fe Trail
sons and daughters of the town
- Fred Hall (1916–1970), politician and 33rd Governor of Kansas from 1955 to 1957
- Dennis Hopper (1936–2010), actor and film producer
- James King (1925-2005), opera singer
- Bill Miller (1912–2008), pole vaulter and Olympic champion
- David Ricken (* 1952), Roman Catholic Bishop of Green Bay
literature
- Robert R. Dykstra, Joann Manfra: Dodge City and the Birth of the Wild West. University Press of Kansas, Lawrence 2017, ISBN 978-0-7006-2475-1 .
Web links
- Information page about Dodge City , engl.
- Ford County, history , engl.
- Dodge City, history , engl.